Bhagavad Gita · 8.16
॥
Devanāgarī
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन ।
मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino 'rjuna |
mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
आब्रह्मभुवनात्ā-brahma-bhuvanātbeginning from Brahmaloka (brahma-bhuvana) down to the lowest.
लोकाःlokāḥall the worlds, all the planets.
पुनरावर्तिनःpunaḥ āvartinaḥsubject to returning (āvartinaḥ) again (punaḥ), that is, to birth and death.
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna!
माम् उपेत्य तुmām upetya tubut having attained Me.
कौन्तेयkaunteyaO son of Kunti!
पुनः जन्मpunaḥ janmaof new birth.
न विद्यतेna vidyatethere is none.
Translation
“O Arjuna, all the worlds in this universe, up to the highest planet of Brahmā, are places to which one must return again and again. But one who attains Me, O son of Kunti, is never born again.”
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