काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः | क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ||४-१२||
kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ . kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā ||4-12||
- kāṅkṣantaḥ
- desiring
- karmaṇām
- of fruitive activities
- siddhim
- perfection
- yajante
- they worship by sacrifices
- iha
- in the material world
- devatāḥ
- the demigods
- kṣipram
- very quickly
- hi
- certainly
- mānuṣe
- in human society
- loke
- within this world
- siddhiḥ
- success
- bhavati
- comes
- karma-jā
- from fruitive work
Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world.