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TEXT 9 janma karma ca me divyam
SYNONYMS  janma--birth;
karma--work;
ca--also; me--of Mine; divyam--transcendental;
evam--like
this; yah--anyone who; vetti--knows; tattvatah--in
reality; tyaktva--leaving aside; deham--this body; punah--again;
janma--birth;
na--never; eti--does attain; mam--unto Me; eti--does
attain; sah--he; arjuna--O Arjuna.
TRANSLATION One who knows
the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon
leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains
My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
PURPORT The Lord's descent
from His transcendental abode is already explained in the 6th verse. One
who can understand the truth of the appearance of the Personality of Godhead
is already liberated from material bondage, and therefore he returns to
the kingdom of God immediately after quitting this present material body.
Such liberation of the living entity from material bondage is not at all
easy. The impersonalists and the yogis attain liberation only after
much trouble and many, many births. Even then, the liberation they achieve--merging
into the impersonal brahmajyoti of the Lord--is only partial, and
there is the risk of returning again to this material world. But the devotee,
simply by understanding the transcendental nature of the body and activities
of the Lord, attains the abode of the Lord after ending this body and does
not run the risk of returning again to this material world. In the Brahma-samhita
it is stated that the Lord has many, many forms and incarnations: advaitam
acyutam anadim ananta-rupam. Although there are many transcendental
forms of the Lord, they are still one and the same Supreme Personality
of Godhead. One has to understand this fact with conviction, although it
is incomprehensible to mundane scholars and empiric philosophers. As stated
in the Vedas:
eko devo nitya-lilanurakto
"The one Supreme
Personality of Godhead is eternally engaged in many, many transcendental
forms in relationships with His unalloyed devotees." This Vedic version
is confirmed in this verse of the Gita personally by the Lord. He
who accepts this truth on the strength of the authority of the Vedas
and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who does not waste time in
philosophical speculations attains the highest perfectional stage of liberation.
Simply by accepting this truth on faith, one can, without a doubt, attain
liberation. The Vedic version, "tattvamasi," is actually applied
in this case. Anyone who understands Lord Krsna to be the Supreme, or who
says unto the Lord "You are the same Supreme Brahman, the Personality of
Godhead" is certainly liberated instantly, and consequently his entrance
into the transcendental association of the Lord is guaranteed. In other
words, such a faithful devotee of the Lord attains perfection, and this
is confirmed by the following Vedic assertion:
tam eva viditvati mrtyum eti nanyah pantha vidyate
'yanaya
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