8.16 A Brhma etc.  [This verse]  has been interpreted by all as  'There is rirth even for those who have reached the world of Brhma  (the personal god).'  If this interpretation is accepted, then it would amount to the  proposition  that going to the  worlds that are higher than that  [of Brahma],  is emancipation  [from  rirth].  However according to us,  with  our inner sight blurred by the powerful darkness of doubt, this interpretation does not seem to touch the heart  [of the text].  Hence, the following  is the wick of the lamp brought from the Agama literature :  Till  Brahman :  Till the status of the Supreme  Brahman is attained.  Till then all are subject to return  (to rirth)  from each and every world, whether it lies adjacently, or above or below  [the world of Brahman];  men run round like a wheel  wandering without stop from one place to another.			
 But who knows in this manner viz.,  'from all the world there is return' ?  For, it is heard [in the Puranas]  that [the personal gods like]  Brahma etc., themselves exist indeed for a very  long period.  How is it  that they too are subject to return again ?  If they are subject to return, will they not be of the nature of having birth and death ?  Expecting this objection,  [the Lord] says :