{"id":3560,"date":"2017-01-22T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T02:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2017-01-22T02:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T02:00:52","slug":"8-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-16\/","title":{"rendered":"8.16 AbrahmabhuvanAllOkA:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-15\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 8 verses 15<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-16-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>AbrahmabhuvanAllOkA: punarAvarthinO\u2019rjuna |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> mAm upEthya thu kaunthEya punar janma na vidhyathE ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna!<br \/>\nAbrahama bhuvanAn lOkA: &#8211; all worlds upto brahma lOkam (which are inside the brahmANdam [an oval shaped universe of 14 layers, having brahma lOkam at the top])<br \/>\npunar Avarthina: &#8211; are subject to destruction;<br \/>\nkaunthEya &#8211; Oh son of kunthI!<br \/>\nmAm upEthya thu &#8211; but after attaining me<br \/>\npunar janma &#8211; rebirth<br \/>\nna vidhyathE &#8211; is not there.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Oh arjuna! all worlds upto brahma lOkam (which are inside the brahmANdam [an oval shaped universe of 14 layers, having brahma lOkam at the top]) are subject to destruction; Oh son of kunthI! But after attaining me, there is no rebirth.<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;All regions, Arjuna! from Brahm\u0101\u2019s home downward, are of the nature, from which there is return. Whereas attaining Me, Kaunteya! precludes re-birth evermore.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All worlds poised in the bosom of the Brahm\u0101\u1e47da, (or the Great Sphere under Brahma\u2019s control, \u2014the Mundane Egg\u2014 up to the world of Brahm\u0101 (Demiurge) himself, are appointed mansions for the tasting of material happiness, wealth, power etc. But these material regions are perishable and impermanent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inasmuch therefore as the very seats of enjoyment are unstable, subject to decay, the joys themselves that are experienced there must terminate. This is inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, in the case of those that attain to Me, \u2014Me, the Omniscient, \u2014Me, the True-resolved, or True-willed, \u2014Me, to Whom, Kosmic manifestations, progressions and dissolutions are mere sport,[1. Read Bra: S\u016b: II-1-33: &#8216;Loka-vat tu lil\u0101-kaivalyam.&#8217; Also read, <em>Vish Pur:<\/em> I-2-20.] \u2014Me, the Most Merciful, \u2014Me, the Enduring (or Unchanging),\u2014 there can be no talk of destruction; and hence they have no re-incarnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dissertation is now entered into as regards the time-periods, appointed by Will of Paramapurusha, regulating the appearances and disappearances of all regions, beginning from the sphere of Brahm\u0101 and all things embosomed therein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-17\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 8 verse 17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 &lt;&lt; Chapter 8 verses 15 SlOkam \u2013 Original AbrahmabhuvanAllOkA: punarAvarthinO\u2019rjuna | mAm upEthya thu kaunthEya punar janma na vidhyathE || word-by-word meaning arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna! 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