Chapter 2 Verse 42 of 72

• yām imāḿ puṣpitāḿ vācaḿ
• pravadanty avipaścitaḥ
• veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha
• nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
• kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā
• janma-karma-phala-pradām
• kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāḿ
• bhogaiśvarya-gatiḿ prati

Translation

Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the Vedas, which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power, and so forth. Being desirous of sense gratification and opulent life, they say that there is nothing more than this.

Synonyms

• imām

  all these

• puṣpitām

  flowery

• vācam

  words

• pravadanti

  say

• avipaścitaḥ

  men with a poor fund of knowledge

• ratāḥ

  supposed followers of the Vedas

• pārtha

  O son of Prtha

• na

  never

• anyat

  anything else

• asti

  there is

• iti

  thus

• vādinaḥ

  the advocates

• ātmānaḥ

  desirous of sense gratification

• parāḥ

  aiming to achieve heavenly planets

• pradām

  resulting in good birth and other fruitive reactions

• viśeṣa

  pompous ceremonies

• bahulām

  various

• bhoga

  in sense enjoyment

• aiśvarya

  and opulence

• gatim

  progress

• prati

  towards.

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