B.G 8.16

आब्रह्मभवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥१६॥

ābrahmabhavanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna। māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate ॥16॥

[आब्रह्मभवनात् (ā-brahma-bhavanāt) - up to the abode of Brahmā; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; पुनरावर्तिनः (punaḥ-āvartinaḥ) - are subject to return; अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna; माम् (mām) - me; उपेत्य (upetya) - having attained; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; पुनर्जन्म (punaḥ-janma) - rebirth; न (na) - not; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists;]

O Arjuna, all worlds up to the abode of Brahmā are subject to return (rebirth). But, O son of Kunti, having attained me, there is no rebirth.

Gīta Bhāshya 8.16

Those beings who have reached higher worlds may not have to take birth again on earth. But the final state without re-birth is attained only after reaching the lord Vāsudeva.

महामेरुस्थब्रह्मसदनम् आरभ्य न पुनरावृत्तिः। तच्चोक्तं नारायणगोपालकल्पे -

mahāmerusthabrahmasadanam ārabhya na punarāvr̥ttiḥ। taccoktaṁ nārāyaṇagopālakalpe -

[महामेरुस्थ (mahāmerustha) - situated on the great Mount Meru; ब्रह्मसदनम् (brahmasadanam) - the abode of Brahmā; आरभ्य (ārabhya) - starting from; न (na) - not; पुनरावृत्तिः (punarāvṛttiḥ) - return (rebirth); तत् (tat) - that; च (ca) - and; उक्तं (uktam) - is stated; नारायणगोपालकल्पे (nārāyaṇagopālakalpe) - in the Nārāyaṇa-Gopāla Kalpa;]

Starting from the abode of Brahmā, which is situated on the great Mount Meru, there is no return (rebirth). This has been stated in the Nārāyaṇa-Gopāla Kalpa:

"आमेरुब्रह्मसदनादाजनान्न जनिर्भुवि। तथाऽप्यभावः सर्वत्र प्राप्यैव वसुदेवजम्॥"

"āmerubrahmasadanādājanānna janirbhuvi। tathā'pyabhāvaḥ sarvatra prāpyaiva vasudevajam॥"

[आमेरु-ब्रह्मसदनात् (āmeru-brahma-sadanāt) - from the abode of Brahmā, beginning from mount Mahāmeru; आजनान् (ājānān) - those who are born; न (na) - not; जनिः (janiḥ) - birth; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; तथा (tathā) - even so; अपि (api) - also; अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence; सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; एव (eva) - indeed; वसुदेवजम् (vasudevajam) - the son of Vasudeva (i.e., Krishna);]

"Those who are born in the worlds beyond, starting from Mahāmeru to the abode of Brahmā, do not take birth again on earth. Even so, true cessation (of rebirth) everywhere is attained only by reaching the son of Vasudeva (Krishna)."

इति ॥१६॥

iti ॥16॥

[इति (iti) - thus;]

- stated thus.

Gīta Tātparya 8.16

As a rule there is no rebirth only for the liberated.

"नियमात् जन्मनोऽभावो मुक्तस्यैव तथापि तु। महर्लोकमतीतानां न जन्मांशलयौ विना। तत्राप्यवश्यं तत् स्थानं तैः क्षिप्रं पुनराप्यते॥"

"niyamāt janmano'bhāvo muktasyaiva tathāpi tu। maharlokamatītānāṁ na janmāṁśalayau vinā। tatrāpyavaśyaṁ tat sthānaṁ taiḥ kṣipraṁ punarāpyate॥"

[नियमात् (niyamāt) - due to rule; जन्मनः (janmanaḥ) - of birth; अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - absence; मुक्तस्य (muktasya) - of the liberated one; एव (eva) - indeed; तथापि (tathāpi) - even so; तु (tu) - but; महर्-लोकम् (mahar-lokam) - the Maharloka; अतीतानाम् (atītānām) - of those who have transcended; न (na) - not; जन्म (janma) - birth; अंश-लयौ (aṁśa-layau) - partial and final dissolution; विना (vinā) - without; तत्र (tatra) - there; अपि (api) - even; अवश्यं (avaśyaṁ) - certainly; तत् (tat) - that; स्थानम् (sthānam) - place; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṁ) - quickly; पुनर्-आप्यते (punar-āpyate) - is attained again;]

"As a rule there is no rebirth only for the liberated. However, even those who have transcended Maharloka do not escape birth without undergoing final dissolution. But, they certainly attain that place quickly in the course of time."

इति पाद्मे ॥१६॥

iti pādme ॥16॥

[इति (iti) - thus; पाद्मे (pādme) - in the Padma Purāṇa;]

- stated thus in the Padma Purāṇa