कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः | तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ||७-२०||
kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante.anyadevatāḥ . taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||7-20||
Chapter 7 · Verse 20
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
In plain words
Those who desire wealth children the (small) Siddhis etc. are deprived of discrimination. They devote themselves to other minor gods such as Indra.
Translation
7.20 Controlled by their inherent nature, and deprived of knowledge by various desires, worldly-minded men resort to other gods, observing various disciplines.
Meaning
Those who desire wealth children the (small) Siddhis etc. are deprived of discrimination. They devote themselves to other minor gods such as Indra. Mitra. Varuna etc. impelled or driven by their own nature or Samskaras acired in their previous births. They perform some kinds of rites to propitiate these lower deities. (Cf. IX.23)
Word by word
कामैः by desires तैः तैः by this or that हृतज्ञानाः those whose wisdom has been rent away प्रपद्यन्ते approach अन्यदेवताः other gods तम् तम् this or that नियमम् rite आस्थाय having followed प्रकृत्या by nature नियताः led स्वया by ones own.