Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 437

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 7 Immaculate Knowledge कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञाना: प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवता:। तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियता: स्वया ॥20॥ [ “Driven by the properties of their nature, they who fall from knowledge desire worldly pleasures and, in imitation of the prevailing customs, worship other gods instead of the one single God.” ] Bereft of discernment because of their craving for sensual plesures, ignorant men are unable to see that the enlightened sage, the accomplished teacher and God alone have real worth. So, urged by their nature or rather by the merits (sanskar) they have earned and stored through many lives, they resort to current creed and practices, and devote themselves to the worship of other gods. Here for first time the Geeta makes mention of other gods.