Bhagavad Gita 7.20 meaningSeeing the divine in everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Some people pray for different things to different forms of God.”
What it means
“People whose understanding is carried off by various wants turn to other gods, following particular rituals, shaped by their own nature.”
The original Sanskrit
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः । तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥
kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante.anyadevatāḥ taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
Translations
Literal translation
People, deprived of their wisdom by desires for various objects and guided by their own nature, resort to other deities following the relevant methods.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
भोगविशेष की कामना से जिनका ज्ञान हर लिया गया है, ऐसे पुरुष अपने स्वभाव से प्रेरि त हुए अन्य देवताओं को विशिष्ट नियम का पालन करते हुए भजते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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