Chapter 8 · Verse 15 · Akshara Brahma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 8.15
Sanskrit
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्। नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः।।8.15।।
Transliteration
mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśhāśhvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ sansiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
In plain words
You are caught in a cycle of suffering—returning again and again to the same pain, the same fear, the same sense of being trapped. Krishna says: the moment you stop clinging to who you think you need to be, stop fighting what you think you've lost, the wheel stops turning. Freedom is not somewhere else waiting for you; it is here, in the recognition of what you already are beneath all this breaking.
Word by Word
When the infinite Self is truly realized within you, the cycle of return to this temporary realm of suffering simply cannot occur. The great souls who have attained union with the Divine have crossed beyond the gravitational pull of rebirth entirely—not through escape, but through the completion of consciousness itself.
This is not a reward given from outside, but the natural consequence of recognizing what you have always been. In modern life, this teaches us that lasting freedom comes not from accumulating more experiences or possessions, but from the radical shift in identity that comes through sincere spiritual practice and the grace of surrender.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.15 — BG 8.15
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