Bhagawad Geeta

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नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।
न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥

sri-bhagavan uvaca

partha naiveha namutra
vinasas tasya vidyate
na hi kalyana-krt kascid
durgatim tata gacchati

SYNONYMS

śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; pārtha—O son of Prthā; na eva—never is it so; iha—in this material world; na—never; amutra—in the next life; vināśaḥ—destruction; tasya—his; vidyate—exists; na—never; hi—certainly; kalyāṇa-kṛt—one who is engaged in auspicious activities; kaścit—anyone; durgatim—degradation; tāta—thereafter; gacchati—going.

TRANSLATION

The Blessed Lord said: Son of Pṛthā, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.

VERSE 41

प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः ।
शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ॥

prapya punya-krtam lokan

usitva sasvatih samah
sucinam srimatam gehe
yoga-bhrasto ‘bhijayate

SYNONYMS

prāpya—after achieving; puṇya-kṛtām—of those who performed pious activities; lokān—planets; uṣitvā—after dwelling; śāśvatīḥ—many; samāḥ—years; śucīnām—of the pious; śrīmatām—of the prosperous; gehe—in the house of; yoga-bhraṣṭaḥ—one who is fallen from the path of self-realization; abhijāyate—takes his birth.

TRANSLATION

The unsuccessful yogī, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.

VERSE 42

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्‌ ।
एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्‌ ॥

atha va yoginam eva

kule bhavati dhimatam
etad dhi durlabhataram
loke janma yad idrsam

SYNONYMS

athavā—or; yoginām—of learned transcendentalists; eva—certainly; kule—in the family of; bhavati—takes birth; dhīmatām—of those who are endowed with great wisdom; etat—this; hi—ce

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Bhagawad GeetaBy Dr. Shanatanu Nagarkatti