Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 8 of 18
Akshara Brahma Yoga — The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः
Arjuna asks Krishna to define several terms: Brahman, the individual self, action, the material realm, the divine realm, and how one comes to know Krishna at the moment of death. Krishna answers each in turn, then explains the pivotal teaching that whatever a person dwells on at the moment of death determines the state they attain next -- so one should remember Krishna constantly, even while acting in the world. He describes the meditative practice of concentrating the life-force and uttering the syllable Om at the time of death, and contrasts the temporary worlds of rebirth with the imperishable state beyond them, reached only through single-minded devotion. The chapter closes by naming the two paths souls may take after death -- one leading to no return, the other back to rebirth -- and their calendrical and symbolic markers.
- Verses
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- Speakers
- Arjuna, Krishna
Verse by verse
Arjuna
8.1
किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम। अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते॥
kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama, adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
अर्जुन बोले -- हे पुरुषोत्तम ! वह ब्रह्म क्या है? अध्यात्म क्या है? कर्म क्या है? अधिभूत किसको कहा गया है? और अधिदैव किसको कहा जाता है? यहाँ अधियज्ञ कौन है और वह इस देहमें कैसे है? हे मधूसूदन ! नियतात्मा (वशीभूत अंतःकरण वाले) मनुष्यके द्वारा अन्तकालमें आप कैसे जाननेमें आते हैं?
English
Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?
Arjuna asks Krishna to explain: what is Brahman, what is the individual self, what is action, and what are the material and divine realms?
Arjuna
8.2
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन। प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः॥
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'sminmadhusūdana, prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
अर्जुन बोले -- हे पुरुषोत्तम ! वह ब्रह्म क्या है? अध्यात्म क्या है? कर्म क्या है? अधिभूत किसको कहा गया है? और अधिदैव किसको कहा जाता है? यहाँ अधियज्ञ कौन है और वह इस देहमें कैसे है? हे मधूसूदन ! नियतात्मा (वशीभूत अन्तःकरणवाले) मनुष्यके द्वारा अन्तकालमें आप कैसे जाननेमें आते हैं?
English
Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?
Arjuna also asks who governs sacrifice within the body, and how the self-controlled can know Krishna at the time of death.
Krishna
8.3
अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते। भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः॥
akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate, bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- परम अक्षर ब्रह्म है और जीवका अपना जो होनापन है, उसको अध्यात्म कहते हैं। प्राणियों का उद्भव (सत्ता को प्रकट) करनेवाला जो त्याग है उसको कर्म कहा जाता है।
English
The Lord Shri Krishna replied: The Supreme Spirit is the Highest Imperishable Self, and Its Nature is spiritual consciousness. The worlds have been created and are supported by an emanation from the Spirit which is called the Law.
Krishna explains: Brahman is the imperishable supreme; the individual self is one's own essential nature; action is the creative force producing all beings.
Krishna
8.4
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर॥
adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam, adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे देहधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! क्षरभाव अर्थात् नाशवान् पदार्थको अधिभूत कहते हैं, पुरुष अर्थात् हिरण्यगर्भ ब्रह्माजी अधिदैव हैं और इस देहमें अन्तर्यामीरूपसे मैं ही अधियज्ञ हूँ।
English
Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee.
The material realm is all that perishes; the divine is the cosmic being; and Krishna himself, present in the body, is the lord of sacrifice.
Krishna
8.5
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्। यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः॥
antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram, yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो मनुष्य अन्तकालमें भी मेरा स्मरण करते हुए शरीर छोड़कर जाता है, वह मेरे स्वरुप को ही प्राप्त होता है, इसमें सन्देह नहीं है।
English
Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me.
Whoever remembers Krishna alone at the final moment of death attains Krishna's own being, without doubt.
Krishna
8.6
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्। तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः॥
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram, taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन ! मनुष्य अन्तकाल में जिस-जिस भी भावका स्मरण करते हुए शरीर छोड़ता है वह उस (अन्तकालके) भावसे सदा भावित होता हुआ उस-उसको ही प्राप्त होता है अर्थात् उस-उस योनिमें ही चला जाता है।
English
On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go.
Whatever state of being a person dwells on at the time of death, to that state they go, having been shaped by that very thought.
Krishna
8.7
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च। मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्॥
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu māmanusmara yudhya ca, mayyarpitamanobuddhirmāmevaiṣyasyasaṃśayam.
हिन्दी अर्थ
इसलिये तू सब समयमें मेरा स्मरण कर और युद्ध भी कर। मेरेमें मन और बुद्धि अर्पित करनेवाला तू निःसन्देह मेरेको ही प्राप्त होगा।
English
Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come.
Krishna urges Arjuna to remember him at all times and still fight, since with mind and intellect fixed on Krishna, one reaches him without doubt.
Krishna
8.8
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना। परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्॥
abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā, paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे पृथानन्दन ! अभ्यासयोगसे युक्त और अन्यका चिन्तन न करनेवाले चित्तसे परम दिव्य पुरुषका चिन्तन करता हुआ (शरीर छोड़नेवाला मनुष्य) उसीको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
English
He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit.
One who meditates with a mind disciplined by constant practice, not wandering elsewhere, reaches the supreme divine being.
Krishna
8.9
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्॥
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra maṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ, sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो सर्वज्ञ, पुराण, शासन करनेवाला, सूक्ष्म-से-सूक्ष्म, सबका धारण-पोषण करनेवाला, अज्ञानसे अत्यन्त परे, सूर्यकी तरह प्रकाशस्वरूप -- ऐसे अचिन्त्य स्वरूपका चिन्तन करता है।
English
Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler and Upholder of all, Unimaginable, Brilliant like the Sun, Beyond the reach of darkness;
One should meditate on the all-knowing, most ancient, smaller than the smallest, sustainer of all, inconceivable in form, radiant like the sun, beyond darkness.
Krishna
8.10
प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्॥
prayāṇakāle manasā'calena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva, bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam.
हिन्दी अर्थ
वह भक्तियुक्त मनुष्य अन्तसमयमें अचल मनसे और योगबलके द्वारा भृकुटीके मध्यमें प्राणोंको अच्छी तरहसे प्रविष्ट करके (शरीर छोड़नेपर) उस परम दिव्य पुरुषको ही प्राप्त होता है।
English
He who leaves the body with mind unmoved and filled with devotion, by the power of his meditation gathering between his eyebrows his whole vital energy, attains the Supreme.
At the time of death, with unwavering mind, devotion, and the life-force gathered between the eyebrows through yogic power, one reaches the supreme divine being.
Krishna
8.11
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः। यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये॥
yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ, yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye.
हिन्दी अर्थ
वेदवेत्ता लोग जिसको अक्षर कहते हैं, वीतराग यति जिसको प्राप्त करते हैं और साधक जिसकी प्राप्तिकी इच्छा करते हुए ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन करते हैं, वह पद मैं तेरे लिये संक्षेपसे कहूँगा।
English
Now I will speak briefly of the imperishable goal, proclaimed by those versed in the scriptures, which the mystic attains when free from passion, and for which he is content to undergo the vow of continence.
Krishna will briefly describe that eternal, imperishable state which scholars of the Veda call unchanging, which ascetics free of desire enter, and for which seekers practice celibacy.
Krishna
8.12
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्॥
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca, mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām.
हिन्दी अर्थ
(इन्द्रियोंके) सम्पूर्ण द्वारोंको रोककर मनका हृदयमें निरोध करके और अपने प्राणोंको मस्तकमें स्थापित करके योगधारणामें सम्यक् प्रकारसे स्थित हुआ जो 'ऊँ' इस एक अक्षर ब्रह्मका उच्चारण और मेरा स्मरण करता हुआ शरीरको छोड़कर जाता है, वह परमगतिको प्राप्त होता है।
English
Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the power of meditation concentrating his vital energy in the brain;
Restraining all the gates of the body, confining the mind within the heart, and fixing the life-breath in the head, established in yogic concentration.
Krishna
8.13
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्॥
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran, yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim.
हिन्दी अर्थ
(इन्द्रियोंके) सम्पूर्ण द्वारोंको रोककर मनका हृदयमें निरोध करके और अपने प्राणोंको मस्तकमें स्थापित करके योगधारणामें सम्यक् प्रकारसे स्थित हुआ जो साधक 'ऊँ' इस एक अक्षर ब्रह्मका उच्चारण और मेरा स्मरण करता हुआ शरीरको छोड़कर जाता है, वह परमगतिको प्राप्त होता है।
English
Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme.
Uttering the single syllable Om, the symbol of Brahman, and remembering Krishna, one who departs the body thus attains the supreme goal.
Krishna
8.14
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः। तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः॥
ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ, tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे पृथानन्दन ! अनन्यचित्तवाला जो मनुष्य मेरा नित्य-निरन्तर स्मरण करता है, उस नित्ययुक्त योगीके लिये मैं सुलभ हूँ अर्थात् उसको सुलभतासे प्राप्त हो जाता हूँ।
English
To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible.
For the one who constantly remembers Krishna with an undistracted mind, ever disciplined, Krishna is easily attained.
Krishna
8.15
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्। नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः॥
māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam, nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
महात्मालोग मुझे प्राप्त करके दुःखालय और अशाश्वत पुनर्जन्मको प्राप्त नहीं होते; क्योंकि वे परमसिद्धिको प्राप्त हो गये हैं अर्थात् उनको परम प्रेमकी प्राप्ति हो गयी है।
English
Coming thus unto Me, these great souls go no more to the misery and death of earthly life, for they have gained perfection.
Having reached Krishna, great souls do not take birth again in this transient world of suffering, since they have attained the highest perfection.
Krishna
8.16
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते॥
ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna, māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे अर्जुन ! ब्रह्मलोकतक सभी लोक पुनरावर्ती है; परन्तु हे कौन्तेय ! मुझे प्राप्त होनेपर पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता।
English
The worlds, with the whole realm of creation, come and go; but, O Arjuna, whoso comes to Me, for him there is nor rebirth.
All worlds up to the realm of Brahma are subject to return and rebirth, but upon reaching Krishna, Arjuna, there is no rebirth at all.
Krishna
8.17
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः॥
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ, rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो मनुष्य ब्रह्माके एक हज़ार चतुर्युगीवाले एक दिनको और सहस्त्र चतुर्युगीपर्यन्त एक रातको जानते हैं, वे मनुष्य ब्रह्माके दिन और रातको जाननेवाले हैं।
English
Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length.
Those who understand that Brahma's one day equals a thousand ages, and his one night equals a thousand ages, truly understand day and night.
Krishna
8.18
अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे। रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके॥
avyaktādvyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame, rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake.
हिन्दी अर्थ
ब्रह्माजीके दिनके आरम्भकालमें अव्यक्त- (ब्रह्माजीके सूक्ष्म-शरीर-) से सम्पूर्ण प्राणी पैदा होते हैं और ब्रह्माजीकी रातके आरम्भकालमें उसी अव्यक्तमें सम्पूर्ण प्राणी लीन हो जाते हैं।
English
At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest, and when evening falls they are dissolved into It again.
At the coming of that cosmic day, all manifest beings emerge from the unmanifest; at the coming of that cosmic night, they dissolve back into it.
Krishna
8.19
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते। रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे॥
bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate, rātryāgame'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे पार्थ ! वही यह प्राणिसमुदाय उत्पन्न हो-होकर प्रकृतिके परवश हुआ ब्रह्माके दिनके समय उत्पन्न होता है और ब्रह्माकी रात्रिके समय लीन होता है।
English
The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are dissolved as the night of the universe approaches, to issue forth anew when morning breaks. Thus is it ordained.
This same multitude of beings, coming into existence again and again, dissolves helplessly as night falls and emerges again as day begins.
Krishna
8.20
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः। यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति॥
parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo'vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ, yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati.
हिन्दी अर्थ
परन्तु उस अव्यक्त- (ब्रह्माजीके सूक्ष्म-शरीर-) से अन्य अनादि सर्वश्रेष्ठ भावरूप जो अव्यक्त है, उसका सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके नष्ट होनेपर भी नाश नहीं होता।
English
In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish.
Beyond even that unmanifest state, there exists another eternal, unmanifest being that does not perish when all other beings perish.
Krishna
8.21
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्। यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम॥
avyakto'kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim, yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama.
हिन्दी अर्थ
उसीको अव्यक्त और अक्षर कहा गया है और उसीको परमगति कहा गया है तथा जिसको प्राप्त होनेपर जीव फिर लौटकर नहीं आते, वह मेरा परमधाम है।
English
The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once That is reached, there is no return. That is My Blessed Home.
This unmanifest, imperishable being is called the highest goal; having reached it, none returns -- that is Krishna's supreme abode.
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.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे पृथानन्दन अर्जुन ! सम्पूर्ण प्राणी जिसके अन्तर्गत हैं और जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण संसार व्याप्त है, वह परम पुरुष परमात्मा तो अनन्यभक्तिसे प्राप्त होनेयोग्य है।
English
O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion.
This supreme being, in whom all beings dwell and by whom this entire universe is pervaded, is attained only through single-minded devotion.
Krishna
8.23
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः। प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ॥
yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ, prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे भरतवंशियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! जिस काल अर्थात् मार्गमें शरीर छोड़कर गये हुए योगी अनावृत्तिको प्राप्त होते हैं अर्थात् पीछे लौटकर नहीं आते और (जिस मार्गमें गये हुए) आवृत्तिको प्राप्त होते हैं अर्थात् पीछे लौटकर आते हैं, उस कालको अर्थात् दोनों मार्गोंको मैं कहूँगा।
English
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.
Krishna now describes the times of departure at which yogis, having left the body, either do not return or do return to this world.
Krishna
8.24
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः॥
agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam, tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिस मार्गमें प्रकाशस्वरूप अग्निका अधिपति देवता, दिनका अधिपति देवता, शुक्लपक्षका अधिपति देवता, और छः महीनोंवाले उत्तरायणका अधिपति देवता है, शरीर छोड़कर उस मार्गसे गये हुए ब्रह्मवेत्ता पुरुष (पहले ब्रह्मलोकको प्राप्त होकर पीछे ब्रह्माजीके साथ) ब्रह्मको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं।
English
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.
Those who depart amid fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, and the six months of the sun's northward course reach Brahman -- knowers of Brahman go by this path.
Krishna
8.25
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते॥
dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam, tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिस मार्गमें धूमका अधिपति देवता, रात्रिका अधिपति देवता, कृष्णपक्षका अधिपति देवता और छः महीनोंवाले दक्षिणायनका अधिपति देवता है, शरीर छोड़कर उस मार्गसे गया हुआ योगी (सकाम मनुष्य) चन्द्रमाकी ज्योतिको प्राप्त होकर लौट आता है अर्थात् जन्म-मरणको प्राप्त होता है।
English
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.
Those who depart amid smoke, night, the dark fortnight, and the six months of the sun's southward course reach the lunar light, then return to this world again.
Krishna
8.26
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः॥
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate, ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayā''vartate punaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
क्योंकि शुक्ल और कृष्ण -- ये दोनों गतियाँ अनादिकालसे जगत्-(प्राणिमात्र-) के साथ सम्बन्ध रखनेवाली मानी गई हैं। इनमेंसे एक गतिमें जानेवालेको लौटना नहीं पड़ता और दूसरी गतिमें जानेवालेको लौटना पड़ता है।
English
These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.
These two paths, the bright and the dark, are considered the world's eternal paths; by one, a person does not return, and by the other, they return.
Krishna
8.27
नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन। तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन॥
naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana, tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे पृथानन्दन ! इन दोनों मार्गोंको जाननेवाला कोई भी योगी मोहित नहीं होता। अतः हे अर्जुन ! तू सब समयमें योगयुक्त हो जा।
English
O Arjuna! The saint knowing these paths is not confused. Therefore meditate perpetually.
No yogi who knows these two paths is ever deluded; therefore, Arjuna, remain steadfast in yoga at all times.
Krishna
8.28
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम्। अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम्॥
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam, atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam.
हिन्दी अर्थ
योगी इसको (शुक्ल और कृष्णमार्गके रहस्यको) जानकर वेदोंमें, यज्ञोंमें, तपोंमें तथा दानमें जो-जो पुण्यफल कहे गये हैं, उन सभी पुण्यफलोंका अतिक्रमण कर जाता है और आदिस्थान परमात्माको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
English
The sage who knows this passes beyond all merit that comes from the study of the scriptures, from sacrifice, from austerities and charity, and reaches the Supreme Primeval Abode.
The yogi who knows this attains a merit surpassing all the rewards promised by scripture, sacrifice, austerity, and charity, and reaches the supreme, primal abode.