back to Godhead, never to return to this universe of manifold miseries. In the  Bhagavad-gītā , the Lord confirms this as follows:
janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna
“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.” (Bg. 4.9)
But there are foolish persons who take Him to be an ordinary man, not knowing the essence of His transcendental features. In  Bhagavad-gītā , the Lord affirms this:
avajānanti mām mūḍhā mānuṣīm tanum āśritam param bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram
“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.” (Bg. 9.11)■
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