Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 9.20
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 9.20 · 9 · Verse 20
Sanskrit Original
।।9.20।। --,त्रैविद्याः ऋग्यजुःसामविदः मां वस्वादिदेवरूपिणं सोमपाः सोमं पिबन्तीति सोमपाः? तेनैव सोमपानेन पूतपापाः शुद्धकिल्बिषाः? यज्ञैः अग्निष्टोमादिभिः इष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा स्वर्गतिं स्वर्गगमनं स्वरेव गतिः स्वर्गतिः ताम्? प्रार्थयन्ते। ते च पुण्यं पुण्यफलम् आसाद्य संप्राप्य सुरेन्द्रलोकं शतक्रतोः स्थानम् अश्नन्ति भुञ्जते दिव्यान् दिवि भवान् अप्राकृतान् देवभोगान् देवानां भोगान्।।
9.20 Those, again, who are ignorant and desirous of pleasures, trai-vidyah, who are versed in the three Vedas, who know the Rk, Yajus and Sama Vedas; somapah, who are drinkers of Soma; and who, as a result of that very drinking of Soma, are puta-papah, purified of sin; prarthayante, pray for; the svargatim, heavenly goal, the attainment of heaven-heaven itself being the goal [Ast. adds this portion-svareva gatih, heaven itself being the goal.-Tr.]-; istva, by worshipping; mam, Me, existing in the forms of gods such as the Vasus and others; yajnaih, through sacrifices such as the Agnistoma etc. And asadya, having reached; surendra-lokam, the place (world) of the kind of gods, of Indra; (which is) punyam, the result of righteousness; te, they; asnanti, enjoy; divi, in heaven; the devyan, divine, heavenly, supernatural;; deva-bhogan, pleasures of gods.