कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥
kāmais tais tair hṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante 'nyadevatāḥ |taṃ taṃ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||
- कामैः · kāmaiḥ
- by cravings
- हृतज्ञानाः · hṛtajñānāḥ
- whose knowledge is carried off
- प्रपद्यन्ते · prapadyante
- resort to
- अन्यदेवताः · anyadevatāḥ
- other deities
- नियमम् · niyamam
- rule, rite
- आस्थाय · āsthāya
- observing
- प्रकृत्या · prakṛtyā
- by nature
- नियताः · niyatāḥ
- constrained
“Those whose knowledge is carried off by cravings resort to other deities, observing this or that rite, constrained by their own nature.”
— Original plain-language translation
Craving fragments worship toward lesser aims and lesser powers. Rites multiply as wholeness narrows. Nature shapes the choice until deeper knowledge dawns.
— Reader's notes (original)