कर्मवल्लीमवलम्ब्य तत आपद: कथञ्चिन्नरकाद्विमुक्त: पुनरप्येवं संसाराध्वनि वर्तमानो नरलोकसार्थमुपयाति एवमुपरि गतोऽपि ॥ ४१ ॥
karma-vallim avalambya tata apadah kathancin narakad vimuktah punar apy evam samsaradhvani vartamano nara-loka-sartham upayati evam upari gato ’pi.
- karma-vallim
- the creeper of fruitive activities
- avalambya
- taking shelter of
- tatah
- from that
- apadah
- dangerous or miserable condition
- kathancit
- somehow or other
- narakat
- from the hellish condition of life
- vimuktah
- being freed
- punah api
- again
- evam
- in this way
- samsara-adhvani
- on the path of material existence
- vartamanah
- existing
- nara-loka-sa-artham
- the field of self-interested material activities
- upayati
- he enters
- evam
- thus
- upari
- above (in the higher planetary systems)
- gatah api
- although promoted
When the conditioned soul accepts the shelter of the creeper of fruitive activity, he may be elevated by his pious activities to higher planeary systems and thus gain liberation from hellish conditions, but unfortunately he cannot remain there. After reaping the results of his pious activities, he has to return to the lower planeary systems. In this way he perpetually goes up and comes down.