My Personal Gita

Krishna

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

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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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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.

Shri Purohit Swami

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.

Swami Adidevananda

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.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

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.

Krishna

9.23 येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्

ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayā'nvitāḥ | te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam

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ye—those who;api—although;anya—other;devatā—celestial gods;bhaktāḥ—devotees;yajante—worship;śhraddhayā anvitāḥ—faithfully;te—they;api—also;mām—Me;eva—only;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;yajanti—worship;avidhi-pūrvakam—by the wrong method

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O son of Kunti! Even those who are devotees of other gods and worship them with faith, worship Me alone, but following non-injunctive practices.

Shri Purohit Swami

Even those who worship the lesser Powers, if they do so with faith, they thereby worship Me, though not in the right way.

Swami Adidevananda

Even those who are devoted to other divinities with faith in their hearts, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, though not as sanctioned by the Sastras.

Swami Gambirananda

Even those who, being devoted to other deities and endowed with faith, worship (them), they also, O son of Kunti, worship Me alone (though) following the wrong method.

Swami Sivananda

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me only, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method!

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9.22 अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्

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ananyāḥ—always;chintayantaḥ—think of;mām—Me;ye—those who;janāḥ—persons;paryupāsate—worship exclusively;teṣhām—of them;nitya abhiyuktānām—who are always absorbed;yoga—supply spiritual assets;kṣhemam—protect spiritual assets;vahāmi—carry;aham—I

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Those men who, having nothing else as their goal, worship Me everywhere and are constantly thinking of Me alone; to them, who are fully and constantly attached to Me, I bear acquisition and the security of acquisition.

Shri Purohit Swami

But if a man will meditate on Me and Me alone, and will worship Me always and everywhere, I will take upon Myself the fulfillment of his aspiration, and I will safeguard whatsoever he shall attain.

Swami Adidevananda

There are those who, excluding all else, think of Me and worship Me, aspiring after eternal union with Me. Their prosperity and welfare (Yoga and Ksema) are looked after by Me.

Swami Gambirananda

Those persons who, becoming non-different from Me and meditative, worship Me everywhere, for them, who are ever attached (to Me), I arrange for securing what they lack and preserving what they have.

Swami Sivananda

To those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no other, of those ever united, I secure what is not already possessed and preserve what they already possess.