Chapter 10
तावत् स मोदते स्वर्गे यावत् पुण्यं समाप्यते । क्षीणपुण्य: पतत्यर्वागनिच्छन् कालचालित: ॥ २६ ॥
Transliteration
tāvat sa modate svarge yāvat puṇyaṁ samāpyate kṣīṇa-puṇyaḥ pataty arvāg anicchan kāla-cālitaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tāvat — that long; saḥ — he; modate — enjoys life; svarge — in the heavenly planets; yāvat — until; puṇyam — his pious results; samāpyate — are used up; kṣīṇa — exhausted; puṇyaḥ — his piety; patati — he falls; arvāk — down from heaven; anicchan — not desiring to fall; kāla — by time; cālitaḥ — pushed down.
Translation
“Until his pious results are used up, the performer of sacrifice enjoys life in the heavenly planets. When the pious results are exhausted, however, he falls down from the pleasure gardens of heaven, being moved against his desire by the force of eternal time.”