pitṛ-lokaṁ vrajanti te

pitṛ-lokaṁ vrajanti te

prajām anu prajāyante

śmaśānānta-kriyā-kṛtaḥ

Performing scriptural duties from impregnation till death, they go to Pitṛloka, by the southern course of the sun, and are then reborn among family members.

 

They are reborn among their sons and family members (prajāyante). They perform all prescribed activities of scripture from impregnation to the funeral rites.

 

|| 3.32.21 ||

tatas te kṣīṇa-sukṛtāḥ

punar lokam imaṁ sati

patanti vivaśā devaiḥ

sadyo vibhraṁśitodayāḥ

Having exhausted their pious results, they helplessly fall to earth again, their enjoyment destroyed by fate.

How do they take rebirth on earth? This verse explains. Their pious results are exhausted and then they fall again. Udayaḥ means “acting for enjoyment.”

 

|| 3.32.22 ||

tasmāt tvaṁ sarva-bhāvena

bhajasva parameṣṭhinam

tad-guṇāśrayayā bhaktyā

bhajanīya-padāmbujam

 

Therefore, with full attention you should worship the Supreme Lord, whose attractive lotus feet are meant for worship, by bhakti caused by his attractive qualities.

 

After describing those dedicated to nivṛtta-karma, Kapila advised his mother to surrender to the Lord (verse 11). After describing those dedicated to pravṛtta-karma, Kapila again advises his mother. Do not engage in pravṛtta-karma or nivṛtta-karma. Just worship the Supreme Lord with devotion, with your complete mind. How to do that? You should worship the Lord whose lotus feet are for the purpose of worship (bhajanīyam) by bhakti, caused by his qualities. To what honey bee would a lotus not give pleasure?

 

 

|| 3.32.23 ||

vāsudeve bhagavati

bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ