6.41 Born again well placed Krishna speaks
प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः
शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते
prāpya puṇya-kṛitāṁ lokān uṣhitvā śhāśhvatīḥ samāḥ
śhuchīnāṁ śhrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣhṭo’bhijāyate
Having reached the worlds of the virtuous and dwelt there for many ages, one who has fallen from yoga is born again in the house of the pure and the prosperous;
Explanation
Then the mechanism, in detail.
Having reached the worlds of the virtuous and dwelt there many ages, one who fell from yoga is born again in a house of the pure and prosperous.
Nothing is lost and nothing is punished. The account is of an effort that keeps its place across the gap, which is the answer to 6.38's fear of having no footing.
Word by word
- prāpya
- attain
- puṇya-kṛitām
- of the virtuous
- lokān
- abodes
- uṣhitvā
- after dwelling
- śhāśhvatīḥ
- many
- samāḥ
- ages
- śhuchīnām
- of the pious
- śhrī-matām
- of the prosperous
- gehe
- in the house
- yoga-bhraṣhṭaḥ
- the unsuccessful yogis
- abhijāyate
- take birth
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