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आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते।।8.16।।

ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 8, Verse 16
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: all worlds up to the realm of Brahma are subject to return, but having reached Krishna, there is no rebirth, distinguishing between even very high but still temporary attainments and something genuinely lasting.

In life: even significant, hard-won achievements can turn out to be temporary if they're not connected to something more lasting underneath them.

Teaching: check whether your current major goal, once achieved, would actually provide lasting satisfaction or just another temporary peak requiring the next goal after it, and adjust your investment accordingly.

ā-brahma-bhuvanātup to the abode of Brahma
lokāḥworlds
punaḥ āvartinaḥsubject to rebirth
arjunaArjun
māmmine
upetyahaving attained
tubut
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
punaḥ janmarebirth
nanever
vidyateis

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
8.16 आब्रह्मभुवनात् up to the world of Brahma? लोकाः worlds? पुनरावर्तिनः subject to return? अर्जुन O Arjuna? माम् Me? उपेत्य having attained? तु but? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? पुनर्जन्म rirth? न not? विद्यते is.Commentary 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.