Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 20 (9.20)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापाः
यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते
ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोकम्
अश्नन्ति दिव्यान् दिवि देवभोगान्
॥ 9.20 ॥
traividyā māṃ somapāḥ pūtapāpāḥ
yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṃ prārthayante
te puṇyamāsādya surendralokam
aśnanti divyān divi devabhogān
Translation
"Those devoted to the three Vedas (their ritual portion), who drink the soma and are purified of sin, worship me through yajnas and pray for heaven; reaching the world of Indra as the fruit of their merit, they enjoy the divine pleasures of the gods in heaven."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Traividyāḥ ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-vidaḥ māṃ vasv-ādi-deva-rūpiṇaṃ — knowers of the three Vedas, worshipping me in the form of the Vasus and other gods; svar-gatiṃ … prārthayante; surendra-lokaṃ śatakratoḥ sthānam — Indra's realm; divyān divi bhavān aprākṛtān deva-bhogān.
Acharya Ramanuja — trayi versus trayyanta. Kevalaṃ trividya-niṣṭhāḥ traividyāḥ, na tu trayy-anta-niṣṭhāḥ — devoted only to the three Vedas (the ritual portion), not to Vedanta (trayyanta, the end of the three Vedas); trayy-anta-niṣṭhā hi mahātmānaḥ … mām eva upāsate — the great souls devoted to Vedanta worship me alone; vastutaḥ tad-rūpaṃ mām iṣṭvā tathā avasthitaṃ mām ajānantaḥ — in truth they worship me in the form of Indra and the others, but do not know it.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.