BG 7.20
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।
तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥
तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥
kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ
taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
Word-for-word meanings
jñānāḥ — those whose discernment; hṛta — has been taken away; taiḥ taiḥ — by various; kāmaiḥ — desires; prapadyante — surrender; anya — to other; devatāḥ — deities; āsthāya — observing; tam tam — the various; niyamam — rules [related to them]; niyatāḥ — they are swayed; svayā — by their own; prakṛtyā — nature.
Translation
Those whose discernment has been taken away by various desires surrender to other deities. Observing the various rules related to them, they are swayed by their own nature.