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| Chapter 8: Attaining the Supreme |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.26
ekayā yāty anāvrittim
anyayāvartate punah
SYNONYMS
śukla — light; krishne — and darkness; gatī — ways of passing; hi — certainly; ete — these two; jagatah — of the material world; śāśvate — of the Vedas; mate — in the opinion; ekayā — by one; yāti — goes; anāvrittim — to no return; anyayā — by the other; āvartate — comes back; punah — again.
TRANSLATION
According to Vedic opinion, there are two ways of passing from this world — one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns.
PURPORT
The same description of departure and return is quoted by Ācārya Baladeva Vidyābhūshana from the Chāndogya Upanishad (5.10.3-5). Those who are fruitive laborers and philosophical speculators from time immemorial are constantly going and coming. Actually they do not attain ultimate salvation, for they do not surrender to Krishna.
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