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तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।

 

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।7.20।। कामैः तैस्तैः पुत्रपशुस्वर्गादिविषयैः हृतज्ञानाः अपहृतविवेकविज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्ते अन्यदेवताः प्राप्नुवन्ति वासुदेवात् आत्मनः अन्याः देवताः तं तं नियमं देवताराधने प्रसिद्धो यो यो नियमः तं तम् आस्थाय आश्रित्य प्रकृत्या स्वभावेन जन्मान्तरार्जितसंस्कारविशेषेण नियताः नियमिताः स्वया आत्मीयया।।तेषां च कामिनाम्

English Translation By 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.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

7.20 People, hrta-jnanah, deprived of their wisdom, deprived of their discriminating knowledge; taih taih kamaih, by desires for various objects, such as progeny, cattle, heaven, etc.; and niyatah, guided, compelled; svaya prakrtya, by their own nature, by particular tendencies gathered in the past lives; prapadyante, resort; anya-devatah, to other deities, who are different from Vasudeva, the Self; asthaya, following taking the help of; tam tam niyamam,the relevant methods-those processes that are well known for the adoration of the concerned deities.