8.15 मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्। नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः
mām
Word meanings
mām—Me;upetya—having attained;punaḥ—again;janma—birth;duḥkha-ālayam—place full of miseries;aśhāśhvatam—temporary;na—never;āpnuvanti—attain;mahā-ātmānaḥ—the great souls;sansiddhim—perfection;paramām—highest;gatāḥ—having achieved
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having attained Me, the men of great soul who have achieved the supreme perfection do not get the transient birth, a storehouse of all troubles.
Coming thus unto Me, these great souls go no more to the misery and death of earthly life, for they have gained perfection.
Having attained Me, great souls are never again subject to birth which is transient and the abode of sorrow. They have found the highest perfection.
As a result of reaching Me, the exalted ones who have attained the highest perfection do not get rebirth which is an abode of sorrows and which is impermanent.
Having attained Me these great souls do not again take birth (here), which is the place of pain and is non-eternal; they have reached the highest perfection (liberation).
8.17 सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः
sahasra
Word meanings
sahasra—one thousand;yuga—age;paryantam—until;ahaḥ—one day;yat—which;brahmaṇaḥ—of Brahma;viduḥ—know;rātrim—night;yuga-sahasra-antām—lasts one thousand yugas;te—they;ahaḥ-rātra-vidaḥ—those who know his day and night;janāḥ—people
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Those who know the day of Brahma as encompassing one thousand yugas (world-ages), and night [also] as encompassing one thousand yugas—those people know the day and night of Brahma.
Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length.
Those who know the duration of the day and night understand a day of Brahma to last for a thousand Yugas, and a night of Brahma to last for another thousand Yugas.
Those people who are knowers of what day and night are, know the day of Brahma which ends in a thousand yugas [The four yugas (in the human worlds), viz Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali are made up of 4,320,000 years. This period multiplied by a thousand constitutes one day of Brahma. His night also extends over an equal period. See M.S. and V.S.A.], and His night which ends in a thousand yugas.
Those who know the day of Brahma, which is of a duration of a thousand Yugas (ages), and the night, which is also of a thousand Yugas’ duration, they know day and night.
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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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8.16 आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
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Word meanings
ā-brahma-bhuvanāt—up to the abode of Brahma;lokāḥ—worlds;punaḥ āvartinaḥ—subject to rebirth;arjuna—Arjun;mām—Mine;upetya—having attained;tu—but;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;punaḥ janma—rebirth;na—never;vidyate—is
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Till the Brahman is attained, people return from each and every world, O Arjuna! But there is no return for one who has attained Me, O son of Kunti!
The worlds, with the whole realm of creation, come and go; but, O Arjuna, whoso comes to Me, for him there is nor rebirth.
All the worlds, down from the realm of Brahma, are subject to return, O Arjuna. But on reaching Me there is no rebirth.
O Arjuna, all the worlds together with the world of Brahma are subject to return. But, O son of Kunti, there is no rebirth after reaching Me.
(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!
