ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालम्
क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।
एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्नाः
गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥ २१ ॥
क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।
एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्नाः
गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥ २१ ॥
te taṃ bhuktvā svargalokaṃ viśālam
kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṃ viśanti .
evaṃ trayīdharmamanuprapannāḥ
gatāgataṃ kāmakāmā labhante .. 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.
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The Dharma of the Triad: mere Vedic ritual (karma), that which is enjoined by the three Vedas. They have to go and return, and never attain independence anywhere.
The Supreme watching over His devotees’ interests.
Now, as regards those men of right knowledge who are free from desires,