BG - 7.20

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

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

• 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

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.

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