Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.20
दक्षिणेन पथार्यम्ण: पितृलोकं व्रजन्ति ते ।
प्रजामनु प्रजायन्ते श्मशानान्तक्रियाकृत: ॥ २० ॥
dakṣiṇena pathāryamṇaḥ
[dakshinena pathaaryamnah]
pitṛ-lokaṁ vrajanti te
[pitri-lokam vrajanti te]
prajām anu prajāyante
[prajaam anu prajaayante]
śmaśānānta-kriyā-kṛtaḥ
[shmashaanaanta-kriyaa-kritah]
Word-for-word
dakṣiṇena
—
southern
pathā
—
by the path
aryamṇaḥ
—
of the sun
pitṛ-lokam
—
to Pitṛloka
vrajanti
—
go
te
—
they
prajām
—
their families
anu
—
along with
prajāyante
—
they take birth
śmaśāna
—
the crematorium
anta
—
to the end
kriyā
—
fruitive activities
kṛtaḥ
—
performing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dakṣiṇena pathāryamṇaḥ
dakṣiṇena
southern
pathā
by the path
aryamṇaḥ
of the sun
pitṛ-lokaṁ vrajanti te
pitṛ-lokam
to Pitṛloka
vrajanti
go
te
they
prajām anu prajāyante
prajām
their families
anu
along with
prajāyante
they take birth
śmaśānānta-kriyā-kṛtaḥ
śmaśāna
the crematorium
anta
to the end
kriyā
fruitive activities
kṛtaḥ
performing.
Such materialistic persons are allowed to go to the planet called Pitṛloka by the southern course of the sun, but they again come back to this planet and take birth in their own families, beginning again the same fruitive activities from birth to the end of life.
Purport
In Bhagavad-gītā, Ninth Chapter, verse 21, it is stated that such persons are elevated to the higher planetary systems. As soon as their lifetimes of fruitive activity are finished, they return to this planet, and thus they go up and come down. Those who are elevated to the higher planets again come back into the same family for which they had too much attachment; they are born, and the fruitive activities continue again until the end of life. There are different prescribed rituals from birth until the end of life, and they are very much attached to such activities.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Performing scriptural duties from impregnation till death, they go to Pitṛloka, by the southern course of the sun, and are then reborn among family members.
They are reborn among their sons and family members (prajāyante). They perform all prescribed activities of scripture from impregnation to the funeral rites.
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Personal Guidance
Fruitive activity is described as a long detour: it produces results, but never the result the soul actually wants. The verse invites us to stop running that loop.
Reflection Questions
- Where are you accumulating 'good karma' instead of taking real refuge?
- What would you do this week if you knew karma was not the deepest layer of your life?
My note
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