Jñāna Yoga · Verse 12

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः | क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ | kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karma-jā

Desiring success in actions, they sacrifice here to the gods, for quickly in the human world success is born from actions.

The fruits of conventional sacrifice. Kāṅkṣantaḥ — desiring — indicates petty motivation.

Sacrifice to devatāḥ — deities — produces siddhi — success, power — kṣipram — quickly — in mānuṣe loke — the human world. Karma-jā — born of action — indicates temporality; these fruits are worldly, not liberating. It is a legitimate but inferior path.