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BG 7.20 — 7.20 Those whose wisdom has been rent away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature. | Live Gita
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कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः |
तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ||७-२०||

kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante.anyadevatāḥ . taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||7-20||


।।7.20।। भोगविशेष की कामना से जिनका ज्ञान हर लिया गया है, ऐसे पुरुष अपने स्वभाव से प्रेरित हुए अन्य देवताओं को विशिष्ट नियम का पालन करते हुए भजते हैं।।

Word-by-word meanings

7.20 कामैः by desires? तैः तैः by this or that? हृतज्ञानाः those whose wisdom has been rent away? प्रपद्यन्ते approach? अन्यदेवताः other gods? तम् तम् this or that? नियमम् rite? आस्थाय having followed? प्रकृत्या by nature? नियताः led? स्वया by ones own.Commentary Those who desire wealth? children? the (small) Siddhis? etc.? are deprived of discrimination. They devote themselves to other minor gods such as Indra? Mitra? Varuna? etc.? impelled or driven by their own nature or Samskaras acired in t

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।7.20।।यह सर्व जगत् आत्मस्वरूप वासुदेव ही है इस प्रकार न समझमें आनेका कारण बतलाते हैं पुत्र पशु स्वर्ग आदि भोगोंकी प्राप्तिविषयक नाना कामनाओंद्वारा जिनका विवेकविज्ञान नष्ट हो चुका है वे लोग अपनी प्रकृतिसे अर्थात् जन्मजन्मान्तरमें इकट्ठे किये हुए संस्कारोंके समुदायरूप स्वभावसे प्रेरित हुए अन्य देवताओंको अर्थात् आत्मस्वरूप मुझ वासुदेवसे भिन्न जो देवता हैं उनको उन्हींकी आराधनाके लिये जोजो नियम प्रसिद्ध हैं उनका अवलम्बन करके भजते हैं अर्थात् उनकी शरण लेते हैं।

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Swami Gambirananda

7.20 People, deprived of their wisdom by desires for various objects and guided by their own nature, resort to other deities following the relevant methods.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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