Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 16
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन । मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna | māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate
Translation
All worlds including the world of Brahmā are subject to returning again, O Arjuna; but, on reaching Me, O son of Kuntī, there is no rebirth.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- ābrahmabhuvanāt
- up to, of Brahmā, from the world
- lokāḥ
- worlds
- punarāvartinaḥ
- again-returning
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- mām
- to me
- upetya
- having gone
- tu
- indeed
- kaunteya
- O Kaunteya
- punarjanma
- again-birth
- na
- not
- vidyate
- is
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
The worlds including Brahma-loka are limited by time and so are subject to return. Only those who reach Me transcend rebirth.