BG 2.42-43
वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥
कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् ।
क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥
veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām
kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; avipaścitaḥ — the unwise; veda-vāda-ratāḥ — who are attached to the evanescent goals described in the Vedas; vādinaḥ iti — who claim thus; anyat na asti — “there is nothing else; ” kāma-ātmānaḥ — who are full of material desires; svarga-parāḥ — [and] who are intent upon the attainment of heaven; pravadanti — utter; yām imām — these; puṣpitām — flowery; vācam — words; kriyā-viśeṣa — concerning special rites; bahulām — of various kinds; prati — directed toward; gatim — the acquisition; bhoga — [of] pleasure; aiśvarya — [and] power; janma-karma-phala-pradām — yielding the results of rebirth and perpetuation of the cycle of karma.
Translation
O Arjuna, the unwise, who are attached to the evanescent goals described in the Vedas, who claim that the Vedas are concerned with nothing other than this, who are full of material desires, and who are intent upon the attainment of heaven, utter the flowery words of the Vedas concerning various special rites that are directed toward the acquisition of pleasure and power and which result in rebirth and perpetuation of the cycle of karma.