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TEXT 20 trai-vidya mam soma-pah puta-papa
SYNONYMS  trai-vidyah--the
knowers of the three Vedas; mam--unto Me; soma-pah--drinkers
of soma juice; puta--purified; papah--sins; yajnaih--with
sacrifices; istva--after worshiping; svah-gatim--passage
to heaven; prarthayante--pray; te--they; punyam--virtue;
asadya--enjoying; sura-indra--of Indra; lokam--the
world; asnanti--enjoy; divyan--celestial; divi--in
heaven; deva-bhogan--pleasures of the gods.
TRANSLATION Those who
study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets,
worship Me indirectly. They take birth on the planet of Indra, where they
enjoy godly delights.
PURPORT The word trai-vidyah
refers to the three Vedas, Sama, Yajur and Rg. A brahmana
who has studied these three Vedas is called a tri-vedi. Anyone
who is very much attached to knowledge derived from these three Vedas
is respected in society. Unfortunately, there are many great scholars of
the Vedas who do not know the ultimate purport of studying them.
Therefore Krsna herein declares Himself to be the ultimate goal for the
tri-vedis. Actual tri-vedis take shelter under the lotus
feet of Krsna and engage in pure devotional service to satisfy the Lord.
Devotional service begins with the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra
and side by side trying to understand Krsna in truth. Unfortunately those
who are simply official students of the Vedas become more interested
in offering sacrifices to the different demigods like Indra, Candra, etc.
By such endeavor, the worshipers of different demigods are certainly purified
of the contamination of the lower qualities of nature and are thereby elevated
to the higher planetary systems or heavenly planets known as Maharloka,
Janoloka, Tapoloka, etc. Once situated on those higher planetary systems,
one can satisfy his senses hundreds of thousands of times better than on
this planet.
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