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Bhagavad Gita 9.21

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एव त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते।।

te taṁ bhuktvā swarga-lokaṁ viśhālaṁ kṣhīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśhanti evaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tetethey
tamtamthat
bhuktvābhuktvāhaving enjoyed
swarga-lokamswarga-lokamheaven
viśhālamviśhālamvast
kṣhīṇekṣhīṇeat the exhaustion of
puṇyepuṇyestock of merits
martya-lokammartya-lokamto the earthly plane
viśhantiviśhantireturn
evamevamthus
trayī dharmamtrayī dharmamthe karm-kāṇḍ portion of the three Vedas
anuprapannāḥanuprapannāḥfollow
gata-āgatamgata-āgatamrepeated coming and going
kāma-kāmāḥkāma-kāmāḥdesiring objects of enjoyments
labhantelabhanteattain

They, having enjoyed the vast heaven, enter the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted; thus abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas) and desiring objects of desires, they attain to the state of coming and going.

वे उस विशाल स्वर्गलोक को भोगकर, पुण्यक्षीण होने पर, मृत्युलोक को प्राप्त होते हैं। इस प्रकार तीनों वेदों में कहे गये कर्म के शरण हुए और भोगों की कामना वाले पुरुष आवागमन (गतागत) को प्राप्त होते हैं।।