Chapter 8, Verse 16
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते।।8.16।।
ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna। māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate।।8.16।।
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- आब्रह्मभुवनात् (ā-brahma-bhuvanāt)
- up to (and including) the world of Brahmā
- लोकाः (lokāḥ)
- the worlds
- पुनरावर्तिनः (punarāvartinaḥ)
- subject to returning again (to rebirth)
- अर्जुन (arjuna)
- O Arjuna (vocative)
- माम् (mām)
- me (accusative, i.e. Krishna)
- उपेत्य (upetya)
- having attained/reached (gerund)
- तु (tu)
- but/however
- कौन्तेय (kaunteya)
- O son of Kuntī (vocative, addressing Arjuna)
- पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma)
- rebirth
- न (na)
- not
- विद्यते (vidyate)
- exists / is found / occurs
Commentary
16. (All) worlds including the world of Brahma are subject to returning again, O Arjuna ; but, on reaching Me, O son of Kunti, there is no rebirths
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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आब्रह्मभुवनात् (ā-brahma-bhuvanāt)
लोकाः (lokāḥ)
पुनरावर्तिनः (punarāvartinaḥ)
अर्जुन (arjuna)
माम् (mām)
उपेत्य (upetya)
तु (tu)
कौन्तेय (kaunteya)
पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma)
न (na)
विद्यते (vidyate)
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