Word meanings
- kāmaiḥ
- by material desires
- taiḥ taiḥ
- by various
- hṛta-jñānāḥ
- whose knowledge has been carried away
- prapadyante
- surrender
- anya
- to other
- devatāḥ
- celestial gods
- tam tam
- the various
- niyamam
- rules and regulations
- āsthāya
- following
- prakṛtyā
- by nature
- niyatāḥ
- controlled
- svayā
- by their own
Translations
Those whose wisdom has been taken away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.
They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or another, worship the lesser powers, practicing many rites that vary according to their temperaments.
People, deprived of their wisdom by desires for various objects and guided by their own nature, resort to other deities, following the relevant methods.
उन-उन कामनाओंसे जिनका ज्ञान अपहृत हो गया है, ऐसे वे मनुष्य अपनी-अपनी प्रकृतिसे नियन्त्रित होकर (देवताओंके) उन-उन नियमोंको धारण करते हुए उन-उन देवताओंके शरण हो जाते हैं।Commentary
Those who desire wealth, children, the (small) Siddhis, etc., are deprived of discrimination. They devote themselves to other minor gods such as Indra? Mitra? Varuna, etc., impelled or driven by their own nature or Samskaras acired in their previous births. They perform some kinds of rites to propitiate these lower deities. (Cf.IX.23)