7.20 कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः। तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया
kāmais
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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
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Being robbed of their wisdom by innumerable desires and controlled by their own nature, persons take refuge in other deities, following one or the other religious regulations.
They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, practising many rites which vary according to their temperaments.
Controlled by their inherent nature, and deprived of knowledge by various desires, worldly-minded men resort to other gods, observing various disciplines.
People, deprived of their wisdom by desires for various objects and guided by their own nature, resort to other deities following the relevant methods.
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.
7.22 स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते। लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान् हि तान्
sa tayā śraddhayā yuktas
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saḥ—he;tayā—with that;śhraddhayā—faith;yuktaḥ—endowed with;tasya—of that;ārādhanam—worship;īhate—tries to engange in;labhate—obtains;cha—and;tataḥ—from that;kāmān—desires;mayā—by me;eva—alone;vihitān—granted;hi—certainly;tān—those
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Endowed with that faith, he seeks to worship that deity and thereby receives his desired objects, which are ordained by none other than Me.
If he worships one form alone with real faith, then shall his desires be fulfilled through that only; for thus have I ordained.
Endowed with that faith, he worships that form and thence gets the objects of his desire, granted in reality by Me alone.
Being imbued with that faith, that person engages in worshipping that form, and he gets those very desired results therefrom as they are dispensed by Me alone.
Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that (form), and from it he obtains his desire, these being verily ordained by Me (alone).
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ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga
jñānavijñānayoga
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7.21 यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति। तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्
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Word meanings
yām yām—whichever;tanum—form;bhaktaḥ—devotee;śhraddhayā—with faith;architum—to worship;ichchhati—desires;tasya tasya—to him;achalām—steady;śhraddhām—faith;tām—in that;eva—certainly;vidadhāmi—bestow;aham—I
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whatever form of deity a devotee, whomever they may be, desires to worship with faith, I assume that form which is firm and is according to their faith.
But whatever the form of worship, if the devotee have faith, then upon his faith in that worship do I set My own seal.
Whichever devotee seeks to worship with faith whatever form, I make that very faith steadfast.
Whichever form (of a deity) any devotee wants to worship with faith, that very firm faith of his I strengthen.
Whatsoever form any devotee desires to worship with faith–that (same) faith of his I make firm and unflinching.
