Gita Verse 8.15

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8, Verse 15

Sanskrit Verse

मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्।

नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः।।8.15।।

Transliteration

mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśhāśhvatam

nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ sansiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ

Word meanings

mām—me; upetya—having attained; punaḥ—again; janma—birth; duḥkha-ālayam—place full of miseries; aśhāśhvatam—temporary; na—never; āpnuvanti—attain; mahā-ātmānaḥ—the great souls; sansiddhim—perfection; paramām—highest; gatāḥ—having achieved

Swami Sivananda's 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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 8