Chapter 9 · The King of Knowledge

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 9.21

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते

te taṁ bhuktvā swarga-lokaṁ viśhālaṁ kṣhīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśhanti evaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante

Recitation · Text 9.21
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Having enjoyed that vast heavenly world, their merit exhausted, they enter the mortal world again. So following the threefold Vedic law, desiring desires, they obtain coming and going. The problem is not that it fails but that it finishes.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The problem is not that it fails, but that it finishes.