Verse 7.20

bg.7.20

Sanskrit

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः। तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

kāmais tais tair hṛita-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛityā niyatāḥ svayā

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।7.20।। उन-उन कामनाओंसे जिनका ज्ञान अपहृत हो गया है, ऐसे वे मनुष्य अपनी-अपनी प्रकृतिसे नियन्त्रित होकर (देवताओंके) उन-उन नियमोंको धारण करते हुए उन-उन देवताओंके शरण हो जाते हैं।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

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

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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