Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 8.16
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 8.16 · 8 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
।।8.16।।ब्रह्मलोकपर्यन्ताः ब्रह्माण्डोदरवर्तिनः सर्वे लोकाः भोगैश्वर्यालयाः पुनरावर्तिनः विनाशिनः। अत ऐश्वर्यगतिं प्राप्तानां प्राप्यस्थानविनाशाद् विनाशित्वम् अवर्जनीयम्। मां सर्वज्ञं सत्यसंकल्पं निखिलजगदुत्पत्तिस्थितिलयलीलं परमकारुणिकं सदा एकरूपं प्राप्तानां विनाशप्रसङ्गाभावात् तेषां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते।ब्रह्मलोकपर्यन्तानां लोकानां तदन्तर्वर्तिनां च परमपुरुषसंकल्पकृताम् उत्पत्तिविनाशकालव्यवस्थाम् आह --
8.16 All the worlds, from the realm of Brahma included in the Brahmanda (cosmic sphere), are spheres in which experiences conferring Aisvarya (prosperity and power) can be obtained. But they are destructible and those who attain them are subject to return. Therefore destruction, i.e., return is unavoidable for the aspirants for Aisvarya, as the regions where it is attained perish. On the contrary there is no rirth to those who attain Me, the Omniscient, who has true resolves, whose sport is creation, sustentation and dissolution of the entire universe, who is supremely compassionate and who is always of the same form. For these reasons there is no destruction in the case of those who attain Me. He now elucidates the time-period settled by the Supreme Person's will in regard to the evolution and dissolution of the worlds upto the cosmic sphere of Brahma and of those who are within them.