Chapter 9, Verse 21
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एव त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते।।9.21।।
te taṃ bhuktvā svargalokaṃ viśālaṃ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṃ viśanti. eva trayīdharmam anuprapannā gatāgataṃ kāmakāmā labhante৷৷9.21৷৷
Word by word
- ते
- they
- तम्
- that
- भुक्त्वा
- having enjoyed
- स्वर्गलोकम्
- the heavenly world
- विशालम्
- vast
- क्षीणे
- when exhausted
- पुण्ये
- the merit (punya)
- मर्त्यलोकम्
- the world of mortals
- विशन्ति
- they enter
- एवम्
- thus
- त्रयीधर्मम्
- the Vedic ritual duty (of the three Vedas)
- अनुप्रपन्नाः
- having followed / resorted to
- गतागतम्
- repeated coming and going (cycle of birth and death)
- कामकामाः
- those desiring desires (desirous of enjoyments)
- लभन्ते
- they obtain
Commentary
21. They, having enjoyed that spacious world of Svarga, their merit (punya) exhausted, enter the world of the mortals ; thus following the Dharma of the Triad, desiring (objects of) desires, they attain to the state of going and returning.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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