BG - 9.21

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एव त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते।।9.21।।

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

• te - they
• tam - that
• bhuktvā - having enjoyed
• swarga-lokam - heaven
• viśhālam - vast
• kṣhīṇe - at the exhaustion of
• puṇye - stock of merits
• martya-lokam - to the earthly plane
• viśhanti - 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

Translation

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.

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