Wisdom & Knowledge

Bhagavad Gita 2.42

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः | वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ||२-४२||

yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ . vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ ||2-42||

Cover artwork for Bhagavad Gita chapter 2 — Chapter 2 — Krishna begins his counsel on the imperishable Self.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

2.42 Flowery speech is uttered by the unwise, taking pleasure in the eulogising words of the Vedas, O Arjuna, saying, "There is nothing else."

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the Vedas, which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power, and so forth.