Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.10.26

tāvat sa modate svarge

yāvat puṇyaḿ samāpyate

kṣīṇa-punyaḥ pataty arvāg

anicchan kāla-cālitaḥ

SYNONYMS

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.

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