लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हितान् ॥ २२ ॥
sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyārādhanamīhate .
labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhitān .. 22 ..
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Possessed of that faith ordained by Me, he engages in the worship of that form of God. From the God worshipped in this form he obtains the objects of his desire as ordained by Me, the Supreme Lord, the Omniscient, as I alone know the precise relation between actions and their fruits. Because their desires are all ordained by the Lord Himself, therefore the devotees are sure to obtain them.
Another interpretation is also given which would make the last part of the verse mean that desires are beneficial. But desires can be beneficial only in a secondary sense; for, strictly speaking, they are beneficial to nobody.
Because they are unwise and full of desires and resort to the means of attaining finite results, therefore,