Bhagavad Gita 8.16आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन।मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥
ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjuna
mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate
Sanskrit recitation
The path of light · 8.14–8.22 · Teaching
Translation
All the worlds, including the world of Brahma, are subject to return again, O Arjuna; but he who reaches Me, O son of Kunti, has no rebirth.
Hindi translation
हे अर्जुन ! ब्रह्मलोकतक सभी लोक पुनरावर्ती है; परन्तु हे कौन्तेय ! मुझे प्राप्त होनेपर पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता।
Meaning
Those devotees who practise Daharopasana (a kind of meditation on the mystic space in the heart) and other devotees who reach Brahmaloka through the path of the gods (Devayana) and attain gradual liberation (KramaMukti) will not return again to this world. But those who reach Brahmaloka through the practice of the Panchagni Vidya (a ritual) will enjoy life in Brahmaloka and come back to this world.All the worlds are subjected to return because they are limited or conditioned by time.
After Swami Sivananda
The path of light· 8.14–8.22→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 8.14I am easily attainable by that ever-steadfast yogi who constantly and daily remembers me…
- 8.15Having attained Me, these great souls do not take birth again here—a place of pain and…
8.16All the worlds, including the world of Brahma, are subject to return again, O Arjuna; but…
- 8.17Those who know the day of Brahma, which lasts a thousand Yugas, and the night, which also…
- 8.18From the Unmanifested, all the manifested worlds proceed upon the arrival of the 'day';…
- 8.19This same multitude of beings, being born again and again, helplessly dissolves, O Arjuna,…
- 8.20But verily, there exists higher than this Unmanifested, another Unmanifested Eternal,…
- 8.21What is known as the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That is said to be the highest…
- 8.22That highest Purusha, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Him alone, within…
Word-by-word→
- na
- never
- tu
- but
- mām
- mine
- arjuna
- Arjun
- upetya
- having attained
- vidyate
- is
- kaunteya
- Arjun, the son of Kunti
- lokāḥ
- worlds
- punaḥ janma
- rebirth
- ā-brahma-bhuvanāt
- up to the abode of Brahma
- punaḥ āvartinaḥ
- subject to rebirth
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