Bhagavad Gita 7.20
Jnana Vijnana Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः | तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ||७-२०||
Transliteration
kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante.anyadevatāḥ . taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||7-20||
Those whose wisdom has been rent away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.
Word by Word
कामैः by desires, तैः तैः by this or that, हृतज्ञानाः those whose wisdom has been rent away, प्रपद्यन्ते approach, अन्यदेवताः other gods, तम् तम् this or that, नियमम् rite, आस्थाय having followed, प्रकृत्या by nature, नियताः led, स्वया by ones own
Classical Commentary
Those who desire wealth, children, the (small) Siddhis, etc., are deprived of discrimination. They devote themselves to other minor gods such as Indra? Mitra? Varuna, etc., impelled or driven by their own nature or Samskaras acired in their previous births. They perform some kinds of rites to propitiate these lower deities. (Cf. IX.23)