8.23 यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः। प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ
yatra kāle tv
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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!
*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.
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.
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.
Now I will tell thee, O chief of the Bharatas, the times departing at which the Yogis will return or not return!
8.25 धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते
dhūmo rātris
Word meanings
dhūmaḥ—smoke;rātriḥ—night;tathā—and;kṛiṣhṇaḥ—the dark fortnight of the moon;ṣhaṭ-māsāḥ—six months;dakṣhiṇa-ayanam—the sun’s southern course;tatra—there;chāndra-masam—lunar;jyotiḥ—light;yogī—a yogi;prāpya—attain;nivartate—comes back
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The southern course of the sun, consisting of six months, is smoke, night, and darkness. Departing in it, the yogi attains the light of the moon and returns.
But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the six months before the Southern solstice, then he reaches but lunar light and he will be born again.
Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the southern course of the sun—the Yogin who takes this path reaches the light of the moon and returns.
Smoke, night, as also the dark fortnight and the six months of the Southern solstice-following this Path the yogi having reached the lunar light, returns.
Attaining to the lunar light by smoke, night-time, the dark fortnight or the six months of the southern path of the sun (the southern solstice), the Yogi returns.
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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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8.24 अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The northern course consisting of six months is fire, light, day, and bright. Departing in it, the Brahman-knowing men attain Brahman.
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.
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.
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.
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.
