ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ‘rjuna
mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate
ā-brahma-bhuvanāt | – | ā-brahma-bhuvana 5n.1 n. – up to the abode of Brahmā (from: ā – before a word in ablative means: up to, regardless of the meaning of the word; √bṛh – to increase, brahman – spirit, the Vedas, Brahma; √bhū – to be, bhuvana – being, world, abode); |
lokāḥ | – | loka 1n.3 m. – worlds; |
punar-āvartinaḥ | – | punar-āvaṛtin 1n.3 m. – whih return again, are subject to re-birth (from: av. punaḥ – back, again; ā-√vṛt – to return, to reverse; āvartin – returning); |
arjuna | – | arjuna 8n.1 m. – white, clear, O Arjuna; |
mām | – | asmat sn. 2n.1 – me; |
upetya | – | upa-√i (to go near, to attain) absol. – after attaining; |
tu | – | av. – but, then, or, and; |
kaunteya | – | kaunteya 8n.1 m. – O son of Kuntī (from: kunti – the people of Kunti, kuntī – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
punar-janma | – | punar-janman 2n.1 n. – re-birth (from: √jan – to be born, janman – birth; av. punaḥ – back, again); |
na | – | av. – not; |
vidyate | – | √vid (to be) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – there is; |
ā brahma-bhuvanāt bhavanty asmin bhūtānīti bhuvanam | brahmaṇo bhuvanaṃ brahma-bhuvanam, brahma-loka ity arthaḥ | ā brahma-bhuvanāt saha brahma-bhuvanena lokāḥ sarve punar-āvartinaḥ punar-āvartana-svabhāvāḥ | he’rjuna | mām ekam upetya tu kaunteya punar-janma punar-utpattiḥ na vidyate
brahmalokaparyantāḥ brahmāṇḍodaravartinas sarve lokā bhogāiśvaryālayāḥ punarāvartinaḥ vināśinaḥ / ata aiśvaryagatiṃ prāptānāṃ prāpyasthānavināśād vināśitvam avarjanīyam / māṃ sarvajñaṃ satyasaṅkalpaṃ nikhilajagadutpattisthitilayalīlaṃ paramakāruṇikaṃ sadaikarūpaṃ prāptānāṃ vināśaprasaṅgābhāvāt teṣāṃ punarjanma na vidyate
kiṃ tadvad eva tvāṃ prāptānām api punar āvṛttir nety āha mām īśvaram ekam upetya tu | tur lokāntara-vailakṣaṇya-dyotanārtho ‚vadhāraṇārtho vā | mām eva prāpya nirvṛttānāṃ he kaunteya mātṛto ‚pi prasiddha-mahānubhāva punar-janma na vidyate punar-āvṛttir nāstīty arthaḥ | atrārjuna kaunteyeti sambodhana-dvayena svarūpataḥ kāraṇataś ca śuddhir jñāna-saṃpattaye sūcitā |
atreyaṃ vyavasthā | ye krama-mukti-phalābhirupāsanābhir brahma-lokaṃ prāptās teṣām eva tatrotpanna-samyag-darśanānāṃ brahmaṇā saha mokṣaḥ | ye tu pañcāgni-vidyādibhir atat-kratavo ‚pi tatra gatās teṣām avaśyambhāvi punar-janma | ataeva krama-mukty-abhiprāyeṇa brahma-lokam abhisampadyate na ca punar āvartate, anāvṛttiḥ śabdāt iti śruti-sūtrayor upapattiḥ | itaratra teṣām iha na punar āvṛttiḥ imaṃ mānavam āvartaṃ nāvartante itīhemam iti ca viśeṣaṇād gamanādhikaraṇa-kalpād anyatra punar āvṛttiḥ pratīyate
brahmaṇā saha te sarve samprāpte pratisañcare |
parasyānte kṛtātmānaḥ praviśanti paraṃ padam || iti smaraṇād iti ||