Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 20
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपा: पूतपापा
यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते ।
ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोकम्-
अश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥
trai-vidyā māṃ somapā: pūta-pāpā
yajñair-iṣṭvā svargatiṃ prārthayante
te puṇyam-āsādya surendra-lokamaśnanti
divyān-divi deva-bhogān – 9.20
Those following the three Vedas, purged of sins by propitiating Me through Yajñas and drinking the sacrificial soma juice, pray for heavenly life. Gaining virtue they reach Indra’s holy abode and enjoy the celestial delights.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 20
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna delineates how the lovers of Vedic rituals are deluded in their understanding, estimation and hopes. Believing literally in what the Vedas state, they take to rituals and feel they will go to higher regions to enjoy the celestial delights, reserved for the holy and pious.
All the rewards rituals promise can be had only after the body falls, when the whole experientiality ends. Any statements made about one’s life thereafter are speculative and imaginary. Krishna, without upsetting such beliefs, discreetly shows how they are hollow, and how those allured by them are utterly deceived.
