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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 9 · Rāja Vidyā Rāja Guhya Yoga

Shloka 9.21
Lesson 359 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Sovereign knowledge, devotion and divine immanence. Why is this teaching described as both sovereign knowledge and a profound secret?

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Shloka · Devanagari

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालंक्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति।एव त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्नागतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

te taṁ bhuktvā swarga-lokaṁ viśhālaṁkṣhīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśhantievaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannāgatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante

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Sandhi-vicheda

te+tam+bhuktvā+swarga-lokam+viśhālam+kṣhīṇe+puṇye+martya-lokam+viśhanti+evam+trayī dharmam+anuprapannāḥ+gata-āgatam+kāma-kāmāḥ+labhante

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Meaning of each word

tesource form
they
tamsource form
that
bhuktvāsource form
having enjoyed
swarga-lokamsource form
heaven
viśhālamsource form
vast
kṣhīṇesource form
at the exhaustion of
puṇyesource form
stock of merits
martya-lokamsource form
to the earthly plane
viśhantisource form
return
evamsource form
thus
trayī dharmamsource form
the karm-kāṇḍ portion of the three Vedas
anuprapannāḥsource form
follow
gata-āgatamsource form
repeated coming and going
kāma-kāmāḥsource form
desiring objects of enjoyments
labhantesource form
attain
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।9.21।। --,ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं विस्तीर्णं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति आविशन्ति। एवं यथोक्तेन प्रकारेण त्रयीधर्मं केवलं वैदिकं कर्म अनुप्रपन्नाः गतागतं गतं च आगतं च गतागतं गमनागमनं कामकामाः कामान् कामयन्ते इति कामकामाः लभन्ते गतागतमेव? न तु स्वातन्त्र्यं क्वचित् लभन्ते इत्यर्थः।।ये पुनः निष्कामाः सम्यग्दर्शनिः --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 9.21
Course position359 / 701
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