Gita Bhashya -Sankara 307

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -7

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Kāmais-tais-tair-hrta-jñānāh prapadyante(a)nyadevatāh
Tarn tarn niyamam-āsthāya prakrtyā niyatāh svayā

20. Those deprived of discrimination by this and that desire devote themselves to other gods, betaking themselves to this or that rite, led by their own natures.

Those deprived of discrimination by this and that desire, for progeny, cattle, "svarga" (heaven) and the like, devote them­ selves, resort, to other gods, other than Vāsudeva, the Self, be­ taking themselves to this or that rite, well-known as the means of propitiating (those) gods, led by their own natures, governed by their own peculiar tendencies acquired in previous lives.

As regards these men with desires-

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