Bhagavad Gita · Akshara Brahma YogaChapter 8, Shloka 15 (8.15)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्
नाऽऽप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः
॥ 8.15 ॥
māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam
nā''pnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ
Translation
"Having attained me, great souls who have reached the highest perfection do not again take birth, which is the home of sorrow and impermanent."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Mām īśvaram upetya mad-bhāvam āpadya — having reached me, Ishvara, having attained my state; duḥkhālayaṃ duḥkhānām ādhyātmikādīnām ālayam … na kevalaṃ duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam anavasthita-svarūpaṃ ca — birth is the home of sorrows, those arising from oneself and the rest, and it is unstable too; ye punaḥ māṃ na prāpnuvanti te punaḥ āvartante.
Acharya Ramanuja. Mahātmānaḥ mahā-manaso yathāvasthita-mat-svarūpa-jñānāḥ atyartha-mat-priyatvena mayā vinā ātma-dhāraṇam alabhamānāḥ — great souls are those who know my nature as it truly is, and who, out of intense love for me, cannot survive without me; parama-saṃsiddhi-rūpaṃ māṃ prāptāḥ — who have attained me, the highest perfection.
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