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TEXT 16 abrahma-bhuvanal lokah
SYNONYMS  abrahma--up
to the Brahmaloka planet; bhuvanat--from the planetary systems;
lokah--planets; punah--again; avartinah--returning;
arjuna--O Arjuna; mam--unto Me; upetya--arriving;
tu--but; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; punah janma--rebirth;
na--never; vidyate--takes to.
TRANSLATION From the
highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places
of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains
to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again.
PURPORT All kinds of
yogis--karma, jnana, hatha, etc.--eventually have to attain devotional
perfection in bhakti-yoga, or Krsna consciousness, before they can
go to Krsna's transcendental abode and never return. Those who attain the
highest material planets or the planets of the demigods are again subjected
to repeated birth and death. As persons on earth are elevated to higher
planets, people in higher planets such as Brahmaloka, Candraloka and Indraloka
fall down to earth. The practice of sacrifice called pancagni-vidya,
recommended in the Katha Upanisad, enables one to achieve Brahmaloka,
but if, in Brahmaloka, one does not cultivate Krsna consciousness, then
he must return to earth. Those who progress in Krsna consciousness in the
higher planets are gradually elevated to higher and higher planets and
at the time of universal devastation are transferred to the eternal spiritual
kingdom. When there is devastation of this material universe, Brahma and
his devotees, who are constantly engaged in Krsna consciousness, are all
transferred to the spiritual universe and to specific spiritual planets
according to their desires.
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