Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 270

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-8 Tāraka Brahma Yogaḥ

The process of involution terminates after passing through all the other stages of dissolution, ending with the Avyakta, Akṣara and Tamas. Therefore, for every other entity except Krishna, origination and annihilation are unavoidable. So for those who seek Aiśvarya (prosperity and power) birth and dissolution according to the above mentioned time scheme are unavoidable. But in the case of those who attain Krishna, there is no return again to Samsāra. Now Sri Krishna again states that there is no return to Samsāra even for those who have attained Kaivalya (self-realisation or isolation):— paras-tasmāt tu bhavo’nyo’vyakto’vyaktāt-sanātanaḥ | yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati || 20 || 20. There is, however, another Unmanifest Being superior to this unmanifest phase, which is eternal and does not pass away when all entities pass away.