Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 8

Bhagavad Gita 8.16

आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते॥

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

Translation

The worlds, beginning with the world of Brahmâ, they come and go, O Arjuna; but he who cometh unto Me, O Kaunteya, he knoweth birth no more.

What it means

All worlds, up to the world of Brahma, are subject to recurrence; but whoever comes to Me is not reborn. Even the highest heaven is inside the wheel. The only exit is the source itself.

Try this today

Every attainment within the universe expires; only the source beyond it does not.

Something to reflect on

Which of my ambitions, even achieved, would still leave me inside the wheel?

Read it in Yathora
← 8.158.17 →

Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.