9.21 ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एव त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते
te taṃ bhuktvā svargalokaṃ viśālaṃ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṃ viśanti | eva trayīdharmamanuprapannā gatāgataṃ kāmakāmā labhante
Word meanings
te—they;tam—that;bhuktvā—having enjoyed;swarga-lokam—heaven;viśhālam—vast;kṣhīṇe—at the exhaustion of;puṇye—stock of merits;martya-lokam—to the earthly plane;viśhanti—return;evam—thus;trayī dharmam—the karm-kāṇḍ portion of the three Vedas;anuprapannāḥ—follow;gata-āgatam—repeated coming and going;kāma-kāmāḥ—desiring objects of enjoyments;labhante—attain
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having enjoyed that vast world of heaven, they, when their merit is exhausted, enter the world of mortals. Thus, those who long for pleasure and continuously take refuge in the code of conduct prescribed by the Three Vedas, attain the state of going and coming.
Yet although they enjoy the spacious glories of Paradise, nevertheless, when their merit is exhausted, they are born again into this world of mortals. They have followed the letter of the scriptures, yet because they have sought but to fulfill their own desires, they must depart and return again and again.
Having enjoyed the spacious world of heaven, they return to the world of mortals their merit is exhausted. Thus, those who follow the Vedic rituals and are drawn by desires, come and go.
After having enjoyed that vast heavenly world, they enter into the human world on the exhaustion of their merit. Thus, those who follow the rites and duties prescribed in the three Vedas, and are desirous of pleasures, attain the state of going and returning.
They, having enjoyed the vast heaven, enter the world of mortals when their merits are exhausted; thus abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas) and desiring (objects of) desires, they attain to the state of going and returning.
