Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2/Verse 43

कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् ।
क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥२- ४३॥

kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām ।
kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati ॥2- 43॥

Their nature is desire, craving the heavens, progress with many pompous rituals towards supremacy and sense enjoyment bestowing the fruit of action of birth.


Word-for-word translation

kāmātmānas (kāma + ātmānas) (compound) (masculine, nominative, plural) = their nature is desire

svargaparās (adjective) (masculine, nominative, plural) = craving the heavens

janmakarmaphalapradām (janma + karma + phala + pradām) (compound) (feminine, accusative, singular) = bestowing the fruit of action of birth

kriyāviśeṣabahulām (kriyā + viśeṣa + bahulām) (compound) (feminine, accusative, singular) = many pompous rituals

bhogaiśvaryagatim (feminine, accusative, singular) = progress in supremacy and sense enjoyment

prati (preposition) (indeclinable) = towards



Commentary

This verse shows the richness of the gender connection of nouns and the words that accessorize the nouns.