Chapter2 Shloka42,43 - Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Chapter 2 : Sankhya Yoga - The realm of truth

Ch 02 : Sh 42-43

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः ।
वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥
कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्‌ ।
क्रियाविश्लेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥

Transliteration

yam imam puspitam vacam pravadanty avipascitah
veda-vada-ratah partha nanyad astiti vadinah
kamatmanah svarga-para janma-karma-phala-pradam
kriya-visesa-bahulam bhogaisvarya-gatim prati

Translation

"O Arjuna! Men of less wisdom presume inquisitive anagoges of the Vedas and presume Heaven as the sovereign destination and argue that there is nothing beyond the heaven, and pleasures, they only gratify the statements of Vedas according to pleasure of their sense. Preoccupied by desires, they perform numerous orientations rituals producing of good birth, wealth and power for the attainment of pleasure and prosperity."

Purport

In these shlokas Bhagvan Shri Krishna explained Arjuna, that those people who assume svarg(Heaven) as supreme are wrong. Such people actually takes convenient meaning under the spell of their own desires to achieve material pleasures in heaven.