Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7/Verse 20

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥७- २०॥

kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante'nyadevatāḥ ।

taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ॥7- 20॥

By one's own nature they are constrained, having practiced this or that self-imposed religious obligation, they, with knowledge that is bereft, other gods are approached by these or those desires. 


kāmais (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by desires 

tais tais (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by these and those 

hṛtajñānās (hṛta + jñānās) (masculine, nominative, plural) =  knowledge that is bereft 

prapadyante (present tense, 3rd person, plural) = they are approached 

anyadevatās (anya + devatās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = other gods  



tam tam (masculine, accusative, singular) = this or that 

niyamam (masculine, accusative, singular) = a self-imposed religious obligation 

āsthāya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having practiced  

prakṛtyā (feminine, instrumental, singular) = by nature 

niyatās (masculine, nominative, plural) = constrained  

svayā (feminine, instrumental, singular) = by one's own