Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 41 (6.41)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः
शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते
॥ 6.41 ॥
prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe yogabhraṣṭo'bhijāyate
Translation
"One who has fallen from yoga reaches the worlds of the righteous, lives there for very many years, and is then born in the home of the virtuous and prosperous."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Puṇya-kṛtām aśvamedhādi-yājināṃ lokān — the worlds of those who performed sacrifices like the ashvamedha; tad-bhoga-kṣaye — when the enjoyments there are exhausted; śucīnāṃ yathokta-kāriṇāṃ śrīmatāṃ vibhūtimatāṃ gehe — born in the home of the pure = those who act as scripture says, and the prosperous = those with wealth (abundance).
Acharya Ramanuja — the end of the thirst for enjoyment. Yaj-jātīya-bhogābhikāṅkṣayā yogāt pracyutaḥ — whatever kind of enjoyment one longed for in falling away from yoga, taj-jātīyān ati-kalyāṇa-bhogān … bhuñjānaḥ yāvat tad-bhoga-tṛṣṇāvasānam — one enjoys those same kinds of enjoyment until that thirst comes to an end; tasmin bhoge vitṛṣṇaḥ — having lost the thirst for that enjoyment, one is born śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ yogopakrama-yogyānāṃ kule — into a family that is fit for beginning yoga.
Ramanuja's subtle psychological point: the cause of straying (desire for enjoyment) is fulfilled and comes to an end, and then the seeker is ready again.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.