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Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.20

Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.20 · 7 · Verse 20

vishishtadvaitaramanujacharyabhagavad-gitacommentaryvedanta

Sanskrit Original

।।7.20।।सर्वे एव हि लौकिकाः पुरुषाः स्वया प्रकृत्या पापवासनया गुणमयभावविषयया नियता नित्यान्विताः तैः तैः स्ववासनानुरूपैः गुणमयैः एव कामैः इच्छाविषयभूतैः हृतमत्स्वरूपविषयज्ञानाः तत्तत्कामसिद्ध्यर्थम् अन्यदेवताः मद्व्यक्तिरिक्ताः केवलेन्द्रादिदेवताः तं तं नियमम् आस्थाय तत्तद्देवताविशेषमात्रप्रीणनाय असाधारणं नियमम् आस्थाय प्रपद्यन्ते ता एव आश्रित्य अर्चयन्ते।

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7.20 All men of this world are 'controlled', i.e., constantly accompanied by their own nature consisting in the Vasanas (subtle impressions) resulting from relation with the objects formed of the Gunas. Their knowledge about My essential nature is robbed by various Karmas, i.e., by objects of desire corresponding to their Vasanas (subtle impressions) born of their Karmas and constituted of Gunas. In order to fulfil these various kinds of desires they take refuge in, i.e., seek and worship, other divinities who are regarded as different from Me, such as Indra and others, observing various disciplines, i.e., practising rituals which are specially meant to propitiate only these divinities.