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8.15Krishna
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मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम् ।नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः ॥

mām upetya punarjanma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam | nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ ||

माम् उपेत्य · mām upetya
having reached me
पुनर्जन्म · punarjanma
rebirth
दुःखालयम् · duḥkhālayam
the abode of sorrow
अशाश्वतम् · aśāśvatam
impermanent
नाप्नुवन्ति · nāpnuvanti
do not obtain
संसिद्धिम् · saṃsiddhim
perfection, fulfilment
परमाम् · paramām
supreme
गताः · gatāḥ
having attained

Having reached me, great souls do not take rebirth — that impermanent abode of sorrow — for they have attained supreme perfection.

Original plain-language translation

IN SHORT Reaching lasting love frees you from returning to endless sorrow.

The world is named without flinching: a house of suffering and an impermanent one. Liberation is not relocation but the end of compelled return. Greatness of soul is measured here by having gone beyond return. Like finishing school exams for good instead of repeating the same class every year.

Reader's notes (original)