Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 8
'Mamupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma aa vidyate'—'All the worlds, from the abode of Brahma downwards, are subject to rebirth. But on attaining Me there is no rebirth.' Here 'Mamupetya' (having attained Me) means "See Me in reality, know Me in essence, and enter into Me" (Gita 11/54).
The soul, has not to come back, because being a fraction of the Lord it reaches Him, and the Supreme Abode of the Lord, is its real home. Its real home, is not the abode of Brahma etc., and so it has to come back from there. As a man, can board a bus or a train only upto the station, for which he has got the ticket, and then he has to get off. Similarly, a man has to come back, after enjoying the fruit of his virtuous actions, in the worlds of the gods. But if he is in his own house, he has not to leave it. A man cannot attain salvation, even after reaching the highest plane of existence. So a striver, should never aspire to enjoy the pleasure of the higher worlds. There are two kinds of persons, who go to the abode of Brahma—those who perform virtuous deeds in order to enjoy the pleasures of the abode of Brahma, and those whose aim is to attain God, but at the time of death, because of having a desire for pleasure, deviate from spiritual discipline and so they have to go to the world of Brahma. The latter, at the time of final annihilation, are liberated with Brahma, after enjoying pleasure there. This liberation is called 'Krama-Mukti', (gradual liberation or gradual salvation), when Brahma after his span of life vacates the place for the succeeding Brahma. But strivers, who realize the Lord here, their salvation is called 'Sadyo-Mukti (instant Salvation). |