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Bhagavad-gītā 6.41
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 41
- प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः ।
- शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ॥४१॥
- prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān
- uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
- śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe
- yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate
prāpyaafter achieving — after achieving; puṇyaof those who performed pious activities-kṛtāmof those who performed pious activities — of those who performed pious activities; lokānplanets — planets; uṣitvāafter dwelling — after dwelling; śāśvatīḥmany — many; samāḥyears — years; śucīnāmof the pious — of the pious; śrīof the prosperous-matāmof the prosperous — of the prosperous; gehein the house — in the house; yogaone who has fallen from the path of self-realization-bhraṣṭaḥone who has fallen from the path of self-realization — one who has fallen from the path of self-realization; abhijāyatetakes his birth — takes his birth.
The unsuccessful yogī, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.
The unsuccessful yogīs are divided into two classes: one is fallen after very little progress, and one is fallen after long practice of yoga. The yogī who falls after a short period of practice goes to the higher planets, where pious living entities are allowed to enter. After prolonged life there, one is sent back again to this planet, to take birth in the family of a righteous brāhmaṇa vaiṣṇava or of aristocratic merchants.
The real purpose of yoga practice is to achieve the highest perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as explained in the last verse of this chapter. But those who do not persevere to such an extent and who fail because of material allurements are allowed, by the grace of the Lord, to make full utilization of their material propensities. And after that, they are given opportunities to live prosperous lives in righteous or aristocratic families. Those who are born in such families may take advantage of the facilities and try to elevate themselves to full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.