Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 41
प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः । शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते
prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe yogabhraṣṭo'bhijāyate
Translation
Having attained to the worlds of the righteous, and having dwelt there for eternal years, he who failed in Yoga is reborn in a house of the pure and wealthy.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- prāpya
- having obtained
- puṇyakṛtām
- of the right-doers
- lokān
- worlds
- uṣitvā
- having dwelt
- śāśvatīḥ
- everlasting
- samāḥ
- years
- śucīnām
- of the pure
- śrīmatām
- of the prosperous
- gehe
- in the house
- yogabhraṣṭaḥ
- from yoga, fallen
- abhijāyate
- is born
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
This is said, as the context shows, of a saṃnyāsin engaged in the path of (Dhyāna-)Yoga. The righteous: those who worship by the aśvamedha or horse-sacrifice, etc. Having completely enjoyed the pleasure he is entitled to in such a world, he is reborn in a house of the pure and wealthy. The pure: acting according to the prescribed rules.