Word meanings
- te
- they
- tam
- that
- bhuktvā
- having enjoyed
- swarga-lokam
- heaven
- viśālam
- vast
- kṣīṇe
- at the exhaustion of
- puṇye
- stock of merits
- martya-lokam
- to the earthly plane
- viśanti
- 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
Translations
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.
Yet, although they enjoy the spacious glories of Paradise, when their merit is exhausted, they are born again into this world of mortals. They have followed the letter of the scriptures, yet, because they have sought to fulfill their own desires, they must depart and return again and again.
After having enjoyed that vast heavenly world, they enter into the human world upon the exhaustion of their merit. Thus, those who follow the rites and duties prescribed in the three Vedas, and are desirous of pleasures, attain the state of coming and going.
वे उस विशाल स्वर्गलोकके भोगोंको भोगकर पुण्य क्षीण होनेपर मृत्युलोकमें आ जाते हैं। इस प्रकार तीनों वेदोंमें कहे हुए सकाम धर्मका आश्रय लिये हुए भोगोंकी कामना करनेवाले मनुष्य आवागमनको प्राप्त होते हैं।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. Kama-Kamah The people whose minds are filled with Vasanas or worldly tendencies.