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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 8.15
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दु:खालयमशाश्वतम् ।
नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मान: संसिद्धिं परमां गता: ॥ १५ ॥
mām upetya punar janma
duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ
saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.
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In the story
Chapter 8, Attaining the Supreme: undeviating devotional remembrance.
Theme summary
Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Liberation
The great souls who attain Krishna do not return to repeated birth.
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