Chapter 9, Verse 21
Raja Vidya Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
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
English translation
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.
— Swami Sivananda
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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.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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