i-Gita Chapter-4 Verse-12

[Vaishnavism eClass]

i-Gita Chapter-4 Verse-12

kanksantah karmanam siddhim 

yajanta iha devatah 

ksipram hi manuse loke 

siddhir bhavati karma-ja

SYNONYMS

kanksantah--desiring; karmanam--of fruitive activities; siddhim--perfection; yajante--worship by sacrifices; iha--in the material world; devatah--the demigods; ksipram--very quickly; hi--certainly; manuse--in human society; loke--within this world; siddhih bhavati--becomes successful; karma-ja--the fruitive worker.

TRANSLATION

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.