Gita Verse 7.20

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 20

Sanskrit Verse

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।

Transliteration

kāmais tais tair hṛita-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ

taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛityā niyatāḥ svayā

Word meanings

kāmaiḥ—by material desires; taiḥ taiḥ—by various; hṛita-jñānāḥ—whose knowledge has been carried away; prapadyante—surrender; anya—to other; devatāḥ—celestial gods; tam tam—the various; niyamam—rules and regulations; āsthāya—following; prakṛityā—by nature; niyatāḥ—controlled; svayā—by their own

Swami Sivananda's translation

Those whose wisdom has been taken away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 7