Bhagavad Gita · 8.23
॥
Devanāgarī
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ |
prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत्र काले तुyatra kāle tubut at which time.
अनावृत्तिम्anāvṛttimto non-return.
आवृत्तिम् च एवāvṛttim ca evaand also to return.
योगिनःyoginaḥthe yogīs.
प्रयाताःprayātāḥdeparting [from this world].
यान्तिyāntithey come.
तम् कालम्tam kālamof that time.
वक्ष्यामिvakṣyāmiI shall tell.
भरतर्षभbharata-ṛṣabhaO best of the Bharatas!
Translation
“O best of the Bharatas, now I shall tell you of the various periods of time, departing at which the yogīs either return [to this world] or do not return.”
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