Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 6, Verse 41
प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः।
शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते।।
शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते।।
prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo’bhijāyate
also searched as "Prapya punyakritam lokan ushitva shashvatih samah"
Translation
He who has fallen away from Yoga is born again in the house of the pure and prosperous, having attained to the worlds of doers of good deeds and dwelled there for many long years.
Vāṇi's rendering
The fallen yogi dwells long in the worlds of the good, then is born into a pure and blessed home.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| प्राप्यprāpya | having reached, having attained |
| पुण्यकृताम्puṇya-kṛtām | of those who have done good |
| लोकान्lokān | the worlds |
| उषित्वाuṣitvā | having dwelt, having stayed |
| शाश्वतीःśāśvatīḥ | unending, countless |
| समाःsamāḥ | years |
| शुचीनाम्śucīnām | of the pure, of the clean-living |
| श्रीमताम्śrīmatām | of the prosperous, of the blessed |
| गेहेgehe | in the house, in the home |
| योगभ्रष्टःyoga-bhraṣṭaḥ | one fallen away from yoga (final ḥ becomes o before the next word) |
| अभिजायतेabhijāyate | is born, takes birth |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 41 mean?
It answers Arjuna's fear that a half-finished practice is a wasted life. Krishna says the one who fell from yoga first dwells long among the worlds of the good, then returns to a household that is clean-living and comfortable — conditions in which the search can begin again without struggle for bread.
What does Prapya punyakritam lokan ushitva shashvatih samah mean?
Having reached the worlds earned by good deeds, and having lived there through countless years. Krishna is describing an interval, not an ending. The merit of an unfinished practice is real merit; it is spent in those bright worlds, and when it is spent, the seeker takes birth again where the work can continue.
Why is the fallen yogi born into a wealthy family?
Not as reward, but as arrangement. Śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ — pure and prosperous. A home where nobody is desperate, where the mind has room. Krishna is describing a birth engineered for resumption. The next life is not a fresh punishment; it is a workshop set up in advance for a task already begun.
Does this mean spiritual effort is never lost?
That is exactly the claim. Effort is not held in the outcome you failed to reach — it is held in you, and travels with you. You may lose the discipline, the teacher, the hours, even the memory. What you actually became during those hours is not on the list of losable things.
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Commentary
Arjuna wanted to know what becomes of the one who tried and did not finish — whether he dissolves like a torn cloud. Krishna answers with a house. Long years in bright worlds, and then a doorway back: pure parents, a settled home, enough ease that the search can resume without hunger interrupting it. Notice what is missing. No punishment. No starting over from zero. The effort you made is not stored in the result you failed to reach; it is stored in you, and it goes where you go. Nothing you have ever attempted inwardly has been wasted.