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mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ

“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full …

This material world is certified by its very creator, the Supreme Lord, as duḥkhālayam, which means “the place of miseries.” …

But in this verse, Śrī Kṛṣṇa gives the solution: mām upetya punar janma nāpnuvanti. That is, “If one attains My …

When Kṛṣṇa says that the mahātmā enters His abode, He is referring to His transcendental kingdom, Goloka Vṛndāvana. The Vṛndāvana …

The mahātmā prepares in this life to enter that transcendental abode. The human form of life can utilize nature to …

People may inquire, “Well, you say that entering Kṛṣṇa’s planet constitutes the highest perfection, but we are interested in going …

ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate

“From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth …

The universe is divided into fourteen planetary systems (caturdaśa-bhuvana) – seven lower and seven higher. The earth is situated in …

In any case, Kṛṣṇa says that from the highest planet to the lowest planet, there is repetition of birth and …

People are interested in attaining higher planets because there one’s enjoyment is a thousand times greater and the duration of …

sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ

The duration of the material universe is limited. It is manifested in cycles of kalpas. A kalpa is a day …

In the material universe, not even Brahmā is free from the process of birth, old age, disease, and death. Brahmā, …

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty ahar-āgame rātry-āgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-saṁjñake

“When Brahmā’s day is manifest, this multitude of living entities comes into being, and at the arrival of Brahmā’s night …

Unless we go to the spiritual sky, there is no escaping this process of birth and death, creation and annihilation. …

bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate rātry-āgame ’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty ahar-āgame

“Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Pārtha, …