2.43 Elaborate rites for enjoyment Krishna speaks

कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्
क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति

kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā
janma-karma-phala-pradām
kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ
bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati

driven by desire, aiming at higher worlds, promising good birth as the fruit of action, full of elaborate rites for enjoyment and power.

Explanation

Elaborate rites for enjoyment and power.

Driven by desire, aiming at higher worlds, promising good birth as the fruit.

Everything described is religiously correct. This is the same practice 9.20 describes with every credential intact — and the same single fault: it was undertaken for something.

Word by word

kāmaātmānaḥ: 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.