यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः ।वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥
yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ |vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ ||
- याम् · yām
- which
- इमाम् · imām
- this
- पुष्पिताम् · puṣpitām
- flowery, blossoming (showy but fruitless)
- वाचम् · vācam
- speech
- प्रवदन्ति · pravadanti
- utter, proclaim
- अविपश्चितः · avipaścitaḥ
- the undiscerning, foolish
- वेदवादरताः · vedavādaratāḥ
- delighting in Vedic phrases, attached to Vedic letter
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha (Arjuna)
- न · na
- not
- अन्यत् · anyat
- other, else
- अस्ति · asti
- there is
- इति · iti
- thus
- वादिनः · vādinaḥ
- declaring, asserting
“The undiscerning utter flowery speech, O Partha — delighting in Vedic phrases, declaring there is nothing else.”
— Original plain-language translation
'Flowery speech' — blossoms without fruit. Krishna's critique is not of the Vedas but of their mercenary use: ritualism as career, scripture as sales-pitch for heaven. The sentence runs into 2.43; read them together.
— Reader's notes (original)