The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission
The State of Non-Return -14-16
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 8 - Akshara Brahma Yoga - Sloka 16
A brahmabhuvanat lokah punah avartinah arjuna I
Mam upetya tu kaunteya punah janma na vidyate II sloka 16
अ ब्रह्म भुवनात लोकः पुनः अवर्तिनः अर्जुना I
मां उपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनः जन्म न विद्यते II श्लोक 16
All worlds including that of Brahma are subject to return, O Arjuna; but on reaching me, O son of Kunti, there is no rebirth.
Different planes of existence are known as the different worlds, the highest among them being the brahma loka. But all these worlds are subject to mutation and repitition, because of their being under the sway of time, space and causation. While the beings in these worlds are compelled by their karma to be reborn, only those who go t brahma loka have two alternatives. The liberation seekers among them work for it in the highest region and gain krama mukti or progressive liberation when the entire universe dissolves in pralaya. But the enjoyment seekers among them are forced by their karma to take new births.
When the boiled paddy is sown in the field it sprouts not. Even so, when a perfected person puts away the body, he is not born again
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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