Texts 42-43 lin
Contents of the City Summarized
१९७
yām imāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānvad astīti vādinah
kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati
yām imām —all these;  puṣpitām —flowery;  vācam —words;  pravadanti —say;  avipaścitaḥ —men with a poor fund of knowledge;  veda-vāda-ratāḥ —supposed followers of the  Vedas ;  pārtha —O son of Pṛtha;  na —never;  anyat —anything else;  asti —there is;  iti —this;  vādinaḥ —advocates;  kāma-ātmānaḥ —desirous of sense gratification;  svarga-parāḥ —aiming to achieve heavenly planets;  janma-karma-phala-pradām —resulting in fruitive action, good birth, etc.;  kriyā-viśeṣa —pompous ceremonies;  bahulām —various;  bhoga —sense enjoyment;  aiśvarya —opulence;  gatim —progress;  prati —towards.
TRANSLATION
Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the Vedas, which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power, and so forth. Being desirous of sense gratification and opulent life, they say that there is nothing more than this.
PURPORT
People in general are not very intelligent, and due to their ignorance they are most attached to the fruitive activities recommended in the  karma-kāṇḍa  portions of the  Vedas . They do not want anything more than sense gratificatory proposals for enjoying life in heaven, where wine and women are available and material opulence is very common. In the  Vedas  many sacrifices are recommended for elevation to the heavenly planets, especially the  jyotiṣṭoma  sacrifices. In fact, it is stated that anyone desiring elevation to heavenly planets must perform these sacrifices, and men with a poor fund of knowledge think that this is the whole purpose of Vedic wisdom. It is very difficult for such inexperienced persons to be situated in the determined action of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As fools are attached to the flowers of poisonous trees without knowing the results of such attrac-