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Krishna

8.22 पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया। यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्

puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā | yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam

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puruṣhaḥ—the Supreme Divine Personality;saḥ—he;paraḥ—greatest;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;bhaktyā—through devotion;labhyaḥ—is attainable;tu—indeed;ananyayā—without another;yasya—of whom;antaḥ-sthāni—situated within;bhūtāni—beings;yena—by whom;sarvam—all;idam—this;tatam—is pervaded

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O son of Prtha, the Supreme Soul is attainable through devotion that admits no other things; having attained it, the men of Yoga do not get birth again; within it exist the beings, and everything is well established in it, O Arjuna!

Shri Purohit Swami

O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the material because it is not presented as metaphor and clearly implies that worldly phenomena are spiritually determining. Maybe it was added by an individual or individuals who were less cognizant than the originating author. Or maybe was 'craftily' inserted to function as a sort of litmus test - those who get"taken in' by it may be recognized as not having "spiritual discernment'.]

Swami Adidevananda

But the Supreme Person in whom all beings abide and by whom all this is pervaded is to be attained by undivided devotion, O Arjuna.

Swami Gambirananda

O son of Prtha, that supreme Person-in whom are included (all) the beings and by whom all this is pervaded-is, indeed, reached through one-pointed devotion.

Swami Sivananda

That highest Purusha, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Him alone within whom all beings dwell and by whom all this is pervaded.

Krishna

8.24 अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः

agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam | tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ

Word meanings

agniḥ—fire;jyotiḥ—light;ahaḥ—day;śhuklaḥ—the bright fortnight of the moon;ṣhaṭ-māsāḥ—six months;uttara-ayanam—the sun’s northern course;tatra—there;prayātāḥ—departed;gachchhanti—go;brahma—Brahman;brahma-vidaḥ—those who know the Brahman;janāḥ—persons

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The northern course consisting of six months is fire, light, day, and bright. Departing in it, the Brahman-knowing men attain Brahman.

Shri Purohit Swami

If knowing the Supreme Spirit the sage goes forth with fire and light, in the daytime, in the fortnight of the waxing moon and in the six months before the Northern summer solstice, he will attain the Supreme.

Swami Adidevananda

Light in the form of fire, the day, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern course of the sun—the knowers of Brahman who take this path go to the Brahman.

Swami Gambirananda

Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the Northern solstice-by following this Path, persons who are knowers of Brahman attain Brahman when they die.

Swami Sivananda

Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern path of the sun (northern solstice)–departing then (by these), men who know Brahman go to Brahman.

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Krishna

8.23 यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः। प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ

Word meanings

yatra—where;kāle—time;tu—certainly;anāvṛittim—no return;āvṛittim—return;cha—and;eva—certainly;yoginaḥ—a yogi;prayātāḥ—having departed;yānti—attain;tam—that;kālam—time;vakṣhyāmi—I shall describe;bharata-ṛiṣhabha—Arjun, the best of the Bharatas

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Departing at what times the Yogis attain the non-return or the return only—those times I shall declare to you, O chief of the Bharatas!

Shri Purohit Swami

*Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return.

Swami Adidevananda

Now, I declare to you the time departing in which the Yogins do not return and also the time departing in which, they return, O Arjuna.

Swami Gambirananda

O best of the Bharata dynasty, I shall now speak of that time by departing at which the yogis attain the State of Non-return, and also (of the time by departing at which they attain) the State of Return.

Swami Sivananda

Now I will tell thee, O chief of the Bharatas, the times departing at which the Yogis will return or not return!