श्रीभगवानुवाच य एतान् मत्पथो हित्वा भक्तिज्ञानक्रियात्मकान् । क्षुद्रान् कामांश्चलै: प्राणैर्जुषन्त: संसरन्ति ते ॥ १ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca ya etān mat-patho hitvā bhakti-jñāna-kriyātmakān kṣudrān kāmāṁś calaiḥ prāṇair juṣantaḥ saṁsaranti te
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- ye
- those who
- etān
- these
- mat-pathaḥ
- means for achieving Me
- hitvā
- giving up
- bhakti
- devotional service
- jñāna
- analytic philosophy
- kriyā
- regulated work
- ātmakān
- consisting of
- kṣudrān
- insignificant
- kāmān
- sense gratification
- calaiḥ
- by the flickering
- prāṇaiḥ
- senses
- juṣantaḥ
- cultivating
- saṁsaranti
- undergo material existence
- te
- they
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who give up these methods for achieving Me, which consist of devotional service, analytic philosophy and regulated execution of prescribed duties, and instead, being moved by the material senses, cultivate insignificant sense gratification, certainly undergo the continual cycle of material existence.