Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]O Partha, those who are not wise, those who are addicted to Vedic texts and who say there is nothing other, speak this flowery speech.
BG 2.42
यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः। वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः॥
yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ / veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
"Flowery speech promises heaven and pleasure from ritual — but it is the talk of those who cannot see beyond it."
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Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Those who follow the letter of the Vedas, saying there is nothing else — their speech is a flowery talk. O Partha!
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Undiscerning men who delight in the words of the Vedas, O son of Pritha, saying there is nothing else, and who speak this flowery speech —