तच्छ्रद्धयाक्रान्तमति: पितृदेवव्रत: पुमान् । गत्वा चान्द्रमसं लोकं सोमपा: पुनरेष्यति ॥ ३ ॥
tac-chraddhayakranta-matih pitr-deva-vratah puman gatva candramasam lokam soma-pah punar esyati
- tat
- to the demigods and forefathers
- sraddhaya
- with reverence
- akranta
- overcome
- matih
- his mind
- pitr
- to the forefathers
- deva
- to the demigods
- vratah
- his vow
- puman
- the person
- gatva
- having gone
- candramasam
- to the moon
- lokam
- plane
- soma-pah
- drinking soma juice
- punah
- again
- esyati
- will return.
Such materialistic persons, attracted by sense gratification and devoted to the forefathers and demigods, can be elevated to the moon, where they drink an extract of the soma plant. They again return to this plane.