Chapter 2, Slok 42
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 2.42
Original Verse
yAmimAM puSpitAM vAcaM pravadantyavipazcitaH | vedavAdaratAH pArtha nAnyadastIti vAdinaH ||2-42||
Transliteration
yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ . vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ ||2-42||
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
2.42 - 2.44 O! Partha, the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the Vedas, say, 'There is nothing else.' They are full only of wordly desires and they hanker for heaven. They speak flowery words which offer rirth as the fruit of work. They look upon the Vedas as consisting entirely of varied rites for the attainment of pleasure and power. Those who cling so to pleasure and power are attracted by that speech (offering heavenly rewards) and are unable to develop the resolute will of a concentrated mind.