ततस्ते क्षीणसुकृता: पुनर्लोकमिमं सति । पतन्ति विवशा देवै: सद्यो विभ्रंशितोदया: ॥ २१ ॥
tatas te ksina-sukrtah punar lokam imam sati patanti vivasa devaih sadyo vibhramsitodayah
- tatah
- then
- te
- they
- ksina
- exhausted
- su-krtah
- results of their pious activities
- punah
- again
- lokam imam
- to this plane
- sati
- O virtuous mother
- patanti
- fall
- vivasah
- helpless
- devaih
- by higher arrangement
- sadyah
- suddenly
- vibhramsita
- caused to fall
- udayah
- their prosperity.
When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they fall down by higher arrangement and again come back to this plane, just as any person raised to a high position sometimes all of a sudden falls.