कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥
kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante’nyadevatāḥtaṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
Men are led away by various outer desires which take from them the working of the inner knowledge; they resort to other godheads and they set up this or that rule, which satisfies the need of their nature.
Gītā 7·20Ignorant, they resort to other godheads, imperfect forms of the deity which correspond to their desire, prapadyante iṣṭadevatāḥ Limited, they set up this or that rule and cult, taiḥ taiḥ niyamam āsthāya, which satisfies the need of their nature. And in all this it is a compelling personal determination, it is this narrow need of their own nature that they follow and take for the highest truth,—incapable yet of the infinite and its largeness.
