Bhagavad Gita 9.20 Meaning: Traividya mam somapah

Bhagavad Gita 9.20

त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापाः यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते ।ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोकमश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥

Traividya mam somapah putapapah yajnairishtva svargatim prarthayanteTe punyamasadya surendralokamashnanti divyandivi devabhogan

traividyā māṃ somapāḥ pūtapāpāḥ yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṃ prārthayante |te puṇyamāsādya surendralokamaśnanti divyāndivi devabhogān ||

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Our explanation Krishna describes those who follow the rites of the three Vedas. They drink the soma, are cleansed of sin, worship him through sacrifices and ask for the way to heaven (svarga). He says that they reach the bright world of Indra, lord of the gods, and there enjoy the pleasures of the gods.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण उन लोगों का वर्णन करते हैं जो तीनों वेदों के कर्मकांड का पालन करते हैं। वे सोमरस पीते हैं, पापों से शुद्ध होते हैं, यज्ञों से उनकी पूजा करते हैं और स्वर्ग का मार्ग माँगते हैं। वे कहते हैं कि ऐसे लोग देवताओं के राजा इंद्र के पुण्य लोक में पहुँचकर वहाँ देवताओं के भोग भोगते हैं।

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त्रैविद्याः traividyāḥ · knowers of the three Vedas (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: traividya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 462, col. 3 “familiar with tri-vidyā”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
सोमपाः somapāḥ · drinkers of soma (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: soma-pa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1250, col. 2 “drinking or entitled to drink Soma-juice”
पूतपापाः pūtapāpāḥ · cleansed of sin (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. pūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 640, col. 3 “cleaned, purified, pure, clear, bright”; pāpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 618, col. 2 “sin, vice, crime, guilt”
यज्ञैः yajñaiḥ · with sacrifices (noun (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: yajña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 839, col. 2 “act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice”
इष्ट्वा iṣṭvā · having worshipped (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. yaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 838, col. 3 “to worship, adore, honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations)”
स्वर्गतिम् svargatim · the way to heaven (compound (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: svar-gati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1281, col. 2 “‘going to h°,’ death, future felicity”
प्रार्थयन्ते prārthayante · pray for (present (middle), 3rd person plural) Dictionary: prārth, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 708, col. 3 “to wish or long for, desire”
ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
पुण्यम् puṇyam · holy (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: puṇya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 1 “auspicious, propitious, fair, pleasant, good, right, virtuous, meritorious, pure, holy, sacred”
आसाद्य āsādya · having reached (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: ā-sad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 160, col. 1 “to meet with, reach, find”
सुरेन्द्रलोकम् surendralokam · the world of Indra (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: surendra-loka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1235, col. 2 “Indra's world”
अश्नन्ति aśnanti · enjoy (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. aś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 112, col. 2 “to enjoy”
दिव्यान् divyān · divine (adjective (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”
दिवि divi · in heaven (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: 3. div, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 478, col. 3 “heaven, the sky”
देवभोगान् devabhogān · pleasures of the gods (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”; 2. bhoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 767, col. 2 “enjoyment, eating, feeding on”

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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition prints the first half of this long-metre verse on two lines and keeps the visarga at the line end (पूतपापाः यज्ञैः…); the e-text applies sandhi (पूतपापा यज्ञैः…), as another digital text does (pūtapāpā yajñair).
Spelling A digital text reads Same words. Another digital text ends the line with surendralokaṃ and starts the next with aśnanti; the edition joins surendralokamaśnanti (सुरेन्द्रलोक-मश्नन्ति, broken across the printed lines with a hyphen), as another digital text does.

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