Bhagavad Gita · 8.24
॥
Devanāgarī
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् ।
तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam |
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahma-vido janāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अग्निः ज्योतिःagniḥ jyotiḥfire, light.
अहःahaḥday.
शुक्लःśuklaḥthe bright [fortnight of the month].
षण्मासाःṣaṭ-māsāḥsix months.
उत्तरायणम्uttarāyaṇamuttarāyaṇa (when the sun travels north).
तत्रtatraat this [time].
प्रयाताःprayātāḥthose who depart.
गच्छन्तिgacchantithey go.
ब्रह्मbrahmato Brahman.
ब्रह्मविदः जनाःbrahma-vidaḥ janāḥthe people (janāḥ) who know (vidaḥ) Brahman.
Translation
“Those who know Brahman, departing from this world during the influence of the god of fire, in the light, at the auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, and during the six months when the sun travels north — attain Brahman.”
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