Bhagavad Gita 9.21
Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति | एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ||९-२१||
Transliteration
te taṃ bhuktvā svargalokaṃ viśālaṃ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṃ viśanti . evaṃ trayīdharmamanuprapannā gatāgataṃ kāmakāmā labhante ||9-21||
They, having enjoyed the vast heaven, enter the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted; thus abiding by the injunctions of the ï1threeï1 (Vedas) and desiring (objects of) desires, they attain to the state of going and returning.
Word by Word
ते they, तम् that, भुक्त्वा having enjoyed, स्वर्गलोकम् heavenworld, विशालम् vast, क्षीणे at the exhaustion of, पुण्ये merit, मर्त्यलोकम् the world of mortals, विशन्ति enter, एवम् thus, त्रयीधर्मम् of the three Vedas, अनुप्रपन्नाः abiding by, गतागतम् the state of goind and returning, कामकामाः desiring desires, लभन्ते attain
Classical Commentary
When the accumulated merit (the cause of heavenly pleasures) is exhausted, they descend to this world. They come and go. They have no independence. The Dharma of the three Mere Vedic ritual, enjoined by the three Vedas. KamaKamah The people whose minds are filled with Vasanas or worldly tendencies.