Bhagavad Gita 7.20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥

kāmais tais tair hṛita-jñānāḥ prapadyante

’nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛityā niyatāḥ svayā

Sanskrit recitation

7.19 7.21

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What you worship shapes you · 7.20–7.30 · Teaching

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.

Hindi translation

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।

Meaning

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 their previous births. They perform some kinds of rites to propitiate these lower deities. (Cf.IX.23)

After Swami Sivananda

What you worship shapes you· 7.20–7.30→

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Word-by-word→

anya: to other
svayā: by their own
niyamam: rules and regulations
tam tam: the various
kāmaiḥ: by material desires
āsthāya: following
devatāḥ: celestial gods
niyatāḥ: controlled
prapadyante: surrender
prakṛityā: by nature
taiḥ taiḥ: by various
hṛita-jñānāḥ: whose knowledge has been carried away

Bhagavad Gita 7.20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥

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