ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥
te taṃ bhuktvā svargalokaṃ viśālaṃ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṃ viśanti | evaṃ trayīdharmanuprapannā gatāgataṃ kāmakāmā labhante ||
- भुक्त्वा · bhuktvā
- having enjoyed
- स्वर्गलोकम् विशालम् · svargalokam viśālam
- the vast heaven-world
- क्षीणे पुण्ये · kṣīṇe puṇye
- when merit is exhausted
- मर्त्यलोकम् · martyalokam
- the mortal world
- विशन्ति · viśanti
- they enter
- त्रयीधर्मम् · trayīdharmam
- the dharma of the three Vedas
- अनुप्रपन्नाः · anuprapannāḥ
- following
- गतागतम् · gatāgatam
- coming and going
- कामकामाः · kāmakāmāḥ
- desiring desires
- लभन्ते · labhante
- they obtain
“Having enjoyed that vast heaven-world, when their merit is exhausted they enter the mortal world. Thus followers of the threefold Vedic way, craving desires, win only coming and going.”
— Original plain-language translation
Heaven is a wage, and wages run out — merit behaves like savings that spend down. Desire-driven worship buys transit, not arrival. Against this shuttle, verse 22 will set the devotee's different economy.
— Reader's notes (original)