Bhagavad Gita 7.20-23

Sanskrit

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः । तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥7.20॥यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति । तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ॥7.21॥स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते । लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हि तान् ॥7.22॥अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् । देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ॥7.23॥

Transliteration

kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante'nyadevatāḥ | taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ‖7.20‖ yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati | tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham ‖7.21‖ sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyārādhanamīhate | labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhi tān ‖7.22‖ antavattu phalaṃ teṣāṃ tadbhavatyalpamedhasām | devāndevayajo yānti madbhaktā yānti māmapi ‖7.23‖

Meaning

“Those whose knowledge is carried away by various desires resort to other deities, following various rites, constrained by their own natures. Whatever form a devotee seeks to worship with faith, that very faith of theirs I make firm. Endowed with that faith, they engage in worship and obtain their desires, granted, in truth, by Me alone. But finite is the fruit of those of little understanding: worshippers of the gods go to the gods; My devotees come to Me.”

Theme: Knowledge of the Absolute

This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga , read all verses in this chapter.

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