Bhagavad Gita 2.43
Chapter 2, verse 43
Meaning
Driven by desire and fixed on heaven as the final prize, they praise elaborate rites that promise better births as the reward for action, all aimed at pleasure and power.
The Sanskrit
कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् ।
क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥ ४३ ॥
kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām
kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati
Say it
kaa-maat-maa-nuh-hu svur-guh-puh-raa jun-muh-kur-muh-phuh-luh-pruh-daam
kri-yaa-vi-shay-shuh-buh-hoo-laam bho-gaish-vur-yuh-guh-tim pruh-ti
Word by word
- kāma-ātmānaḥ
- full of desire
- svarga-parāḥ
- with heaven as their highest goal
- janma-karma-phala-pradām
- offering rebirth as the fruit of action
- kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulām
- crowded with special rites
- bhoga-aiśvarya-gatim prati
- aimed at pleasure and power
Read it in context: verses 2.41–44One resolve, not a hundred branchesWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Decide once, then stop re-deciding
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.43 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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