कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्। क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति।।2.43।।
kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati
हिन्दी अनुवाद
कामनाओं में डूबे और स्वर्ग को ही परम मानने वाले वे लोग भोग और ऐश्वर्य पाने के लिये तरह-तरह की क्रियाओं का बखान करते हैं, जिनका फल केवल जन्म और कर्म का बन्धन है।
— Siraat — सरल हिन्दी अनुवाद
English Meaning
O Pârtha, no set determination is formed in the minds of those that are deeply attached to pleasure and power, and whose discrimination is stolen away by the flowery words of the unwise, who are full of desires and look upon heaven as their highest goal and who, taking pleasure in the panegyric words of the Vedas, declare that there is nothing else. Their (flowery) words are exuberant with various specific, rites as the means to pleasure and power and are the causes of (new) births as the result of their works (performed with desire).
— Swami Swarupananda