CH 8, Verse 15

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Chapter 8

Verse 15

 

Maam upetya punar-janma duhkh'aalayam ashaashvatam /

n'aapnuvanti mah'aatmaanah sa.nsiddhim paramaa.n

gataah //

 

Having attained Me, the great souls do not get

rebirth, which is the repository of pain and is not

eternal; for, they have reached the highest

perfection.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 81

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhaktimala, July 2000

 

"Having attained Me, the great souls do not get

rebirth, which is the repository of pain and is not

eternal; for, they have reached the highest

perfection."

 

Samsara, or the worldly life, is the abode of sorrow

(duhkhaalayam) and ephemeral (ashaashwatam). So long

as a man is caught in the whirlpool of Samsara, he

cannot escape birth and death and sufferings and pain.

If he wants liberation from all pain and sufferings

and from the cycle of births and deaths he has to

attain to the Lord. He alone who has attained the Lord

is free from rebirth in this short-lived world of pain

and sorrow and he alone can enjoy the Eternal Bliss

that is God.

 

Man in his ignorance thinks that he enjoys the

happiness of family life, wealth, power or position in

this world. But in reality these enjoyments are all

short-lived and mixed with pain. Yet, he is not

prepared to give them up and to try to attain God, the

abode of eternal bliss and happiness. The worldly

objects are very attractive to him and he never wants

to give them up. It is so sad that he does not realize

that, so long as he is given to worldly desires, he

cannot have peace of mind.

 

On the other hand, the attractive objects of this

world do not delude the high-souled ones. They know

that the worldly enjoyments are short-lived and

evanescent and those who hanker after them are bound

to have not only pleasure but also pain. So they take

refuge in the Lord and through devotion and dispassion

attain Him. Thereafter they are no longer subject to

rebirth in this transitory abode of misery and pain.

 

 

 

 

 

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