Bhagavad Gita · 7.20
॥
Devanāgarī
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।
तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ |
taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कामैः तैः तैःkāmaiḥ taiḥ taiḥby one or another (taiḥ taiḥ) material desire (kāmaiḥ).
हृतज्ञानाःhṛta-jñānāḥthose whose knowledge (jñāna) is stolen (hṛta).
प्रपद्यन्तेprapadyantethey surrender.
अन्यदेवताःanya-devatāḥto other (anya) demigods (devatāḥ).
तम् तम् नियमम्tam tam niyamamone or another (tam tam) rule (niyamam) [of worship].
आस्थायāsthāyafollowing.
प्रकृत्याprakṛtyāby nature.
नियताःniyatāḥimpelled, driven.
स्वयाsvayātheir own.
Translation
“But those whose knowledge has been stolen by various material desires surrender to the demigods. Following one rule of worship or another, they act, driven by their own material nature.”
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