BG 9.21

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।
एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥
te taṁ bhuktvā svarga-lokaṁ viśālaṁ
kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśanti
evaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā
gatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante

Word-for-word meanings

bhuktvā — having enjoyed;  tam — that;  viśālam — extensive [pleasure];  svarga-lokam — [of] the heavenly sphere;  kṣīṇe — [and] having exhausted;  puṇye — their stock of piety;  te — they;  viśanti — enter [i.e., return to];  martya-lokam — the mortal world;  evam — thus;  anuprapannāḥ — those who are devoted to;  dharmam — the fruitive rituals;  trayī — prescribed in the three Vedas;  kāma-kāmāḥ — [and] who seek material pleasures;  labhante — attain;  gata-āgatam — coming and going [i.e., birth and death].

Translation

Having enjoyed the extensive pleasures of the heavenly sphere and having exhausted their stock of piety, they return to the mortal world. Thus, those who are devoted to the fruitive rituals prescribed in the three Vedas and who seek material pleasures come and go repeatedly.

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