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SECOND DISCOURSE.
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O joy of the Kurus; many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the irresolute. (41)

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः । वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥ ४२ ॥

Flowery speech is uttered by the foolish, rejoicing in the letter of the Vedas,[1] O Pârtha, saying: "There is naught but this"; (42)

कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् । क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥ ४३ ॥

With desire for self[2], with heaven for goal, they offer birth as the fruit of action, and prescribe many and various ceremonies for the attainment of pleasure and lordship. (43)

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयाऽपहृतचेतसाम् । व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥ ४४ ॥

  1. The Hindu Scriptures.
  2. Those whose very self is desire, Kâma, and who therefore act with a view to win heaven and also rebirth to wealth and rank.