Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 8: The Imperishable Absolute
Bhagavad Gita 8.16
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन ।
मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥
ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna | māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate ||
All the worlds, up to the realm of Brahma, are places from which one returns, Arjuna. But for one who reaches me there is no rebirth.
Modern context
Even the highest heavens are temporary. Every world, up to the realm of Brahma the creator, is a place one eventually leaves. This is a striking claim. It says that no reward, however exalted, is final. A person who works only for a better place, in this life or the next, will one day have to leave it. Only reaching the source itself ends the cycle of arriving and departing.