BG 2.43

कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्। क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति॥

kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām / kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṃ bhogaiśvarya-gatiṃ prati

"Elaborate rituals for pleasure and power lead to rebirth — not liberation. The cycle continues."

All public-domain translations

3 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
...full of desires, with heaven as their goal, they speak many elaborate sacrificial rites for the attainment of pleasure and power, bearing repeated birth as the fruit of actions.

Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)

[7]
Of those deluded ones — full of desire, seeking heaven — the elaborate rites lead to repeated rebirth.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
...full of desires, with heaven as their highest goal, they describe many special kinds of rites for the attainment of pleasure and power, giving rise to repeated births through their actions.