Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga, verse 15
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्।
नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः ॥
Say itmām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśhāśhvatam
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ sansiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
Translation
Having attained Me, these great souls do not take birth again here—a place of pain and impermanence—but have reached the highest perfection of liberation.
Swami Sivananda
As a result of reaching Me, the exalted ones who have attained the highest perfection do not get rebirth, which is an abode of sorrows and is impermanent.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
As a result of reaching Me, the exalted ones who have attained the highest perfection do not get birth, which is an abode of sorrows and is impermanent.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Having attained Me, the men of great soul who have achieved the supreme perfection do not get the transient birth, a storehouse of all troubles.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Coming to Me in this way, these great souls no longer go to the misery and death of earthly life, for they have achieved perfection.
Shri Purohit Swami
महात्मालोग मुझे प्राप्त करके दुःखालय और अशाश्वत पुनर्जन्मको प्राप्त नहीं होते; क्योंकि वे परमसिद्धिको प्राप्त हो गये हैं अर्थात् उनको परम प्रेमकी प्राप्ति हो गयी है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
परम सिद्धि को प्राप्त हुये महात्माजन मुझे प्राप्त कर अनित्य दुःख के आलयरूप (गृहरूप) पुनर्जन्म को नहीं प्राप्त होते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.