{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 9,
  "verse": 21,
  "reference": "Bg 9.21",
  "devanagari": "ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति\nएवं त्रयीधर्मम् अनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते",
  "transliteration": "te taṁ bhuktvā svarga-lokaṁ viśālaṁ\nkṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśanti\nevaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā\ngatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "te",
      "meanings": [
        "they"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tam",
      "meanings": [
        "that"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "bhuktvā",
      "meanings": [
        "enjoying"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "svarga-lokam",
      "meanings": [
        "heaven"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "viśālam",
      "meanings": [
        "vast"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kṣīṇe",
      "meanings": [
        "being exhausted"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "puṇye",
      "meanings": [
        "merits"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "martya-lokam",
      "meanings": [
        "mortal earth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "viśanti",
      "meanings": [
        "fall down"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "evam",
      "meanings": [
        "thus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "trayī",
      "meanings": [
        "three Vedas"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dharmam",
      "meanings": [
        "doctrines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "anuprapannāḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "following"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "gata-agatam",
      "meanings": [
        "death and birth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kāma-kāmāḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "desiring sense enjoyments"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "labhante",
      "meanings": [
        "attain."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>When they have thus enjoyed heavenly sense pleasure, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus, through the Vedic principles, they achieve only flickering happiness.</b>",
  "purport": []
}