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Bhagavad Gita 7.20

Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga (Knowledge and Realisation) · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥

kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante'nyadevatāḥ |taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||

Meaning of Gita 7.20 in English

People whose understanding has been carried away by various desires turn to other deities, following particular rituals according to their own nature.

गीता 7.20 का हिंदी अर्थ

जिनका विवेक तरह-तरह की कामनाओं ने हर लिया है, वे अपने स्वभाव के अनुसार नियम अपनाकर दूसरे देवताओं की पूजा करते हैं।

worship for desiresmaterial wishesdifferent paths

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.