Bhagavad Gita
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Bhagavad Gita · 9.20-21
Devanāgarī

त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा
यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते ।
ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक-
मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं
क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।
एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना
गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

traividyā māṁ somapāḥ pūta-pāpā
yajñair iṣṭvā svargatiṁ prārthayante |
te puṇyam āsādya surendra-lokam
aśnanti divyān divi deva-bhogān ||

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SanskritIASTMeaning
त्रैविद्याःtraividyāḥthe knowers of the three Vedas.
माम्māmMe [indirectly].
सोमपाःsoma-pāḥdrinkers of the soma juice.
पूतपापाःpūta-pāpāḥcleansed of sins.
यज्ञैः इष्ट्वाyajñaiḥ iṣṭvāworshiping Me (iṣṭvā) through sacrifices (yajñaiḥ).
स्वर्गतिम्svargatimthe path (gatim) to heaven (svarga).
प्रार्थयन्तेprārthayantethey pray.
ते पुण्यम् आसाद्यte puṇyam āsādyahaving attained (āsādya) the pious (puṇyam).
सुरेन्द्रलोकम्surendra-lokamthe realm (lokam) of Indra, lord of the suras.
अश्नन्तिaśnantithey enjoy.
दिव्यान् दिविdivyān dividivine (divyān) in the heavens (divi).
देवभोगान्deva-bhogānthe pleasures (bhogān) of the devas.
ते तम् भुक्त्वाte tam bhuktvāhaving enjoyed (bhuktvā) that.
स्वर्गलोकम् विशालम्svarga-lokam viśālamthe vast (viśālam) heavenly realm.
क्षीणे पुण्येkṣīṇe puṇyewhen their piety (puṇye) is exhausted (kṣīṇe).
मर्त्यलोकम्martya-lokamthe world of mortals.
विशन्तिviśantithey enter [again].
एवम्evamthus.
त्रयीधर्मम्trayī-dharmamthe dharma of the three Vedas [the rituals of karma-kāṇḍa].
अनुप्रपन्नाःanuprapannāḥthose who follow.
गतागतम्gata-āgatamcoming (āgatam) and going (gata), the cycle.
कामकामाःkāma-kāmāḥthose who crave (kāmāḥ) sense enjoyment (kāma).
लभन्तेlabhantethey obtain.
Translation

“Those who study the three Vedas, drink the soma juice, and are cleansed of sins worship Me through sacrifices, praying for the path to heaven. Having attained the pious realm of Indra, they enjoy divine pleasures of the devas in the heavens. (20) But, having enjoyed this vast heavenly realm and exhausted the store of their piety, they return once more to the world of mortals. Thus those who follow the rituals of the three Vedas in pursuit of sense enjoyment obtain only the endless cycle of birth and death. (21)”

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