Bhagavad Gita
Akshara-brahma-yoga (The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman)8.15
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Bhagavad Gita · 8.15
Devanāgarī

मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम् ।
नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam |
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
माम् उपेत्यmām upetyahaving attained Me.
पुनः जन्मpunaḥ janmaof new birth.
दुःखालयम्duḥkha-ālayamthe abode (ālaya) of suffering (duḥkha).
अशाश्वतम्aśāśvatamand temporary, not eternal.
न आप्नुवन्तिna āpnuvantithey do not obtain, they no longer come.
महात्मानःmahātmānaḥthe great souls (mahātmās).
संसिद्धिम्saṁsiddhimperfection.
परमाम्paramāmof the highest.
गताःgatāḥthose who have attained.
Translation

“Having attained Me, these great souls, who have reached the highest perfection, never again return to this temporary world, which is the abode of suffering.”

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