ये मां भजन्ति दाम्पत्ये तपसा व्रतचर्यया । कामात्मानोऽपवर्गेशं मोहिता मम मायया ॥ ५२ ॥
ye māṁ bhajanti dāmpatye tapasā vrata-caryayā kāmātmāno ’pavargeśaṁ mohitā mama māyayā
- ye
- those who
- mām
- Me
- bhajanti
- worship
- dāmpatye
- for status in household life
- tapasā
- by penances
- vrata
- of vows
- caryayā
- and by the execution
- kāma-ātmānaḥ
- lusty by nature
- apavarga
- of liberation
- īśam
- the controller
- mohitāḥ
- bewildered
- mama
- My
- māyayā
- by the illusory, material energy
Although I have the power to award spiritual liberation, lusty persons worship Me with penance and vows in order to get My blessings for their mundane family life. Such persons are bewildered by My illusory energy.