Bhagavad Gita · 8.26
॥
Devanāgarī
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।
एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śukla-kṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate |
ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
शुक्लकृष्णेśukla-kṛṣṇethe bright (śukla) and the dark (kṛṣṇa).
गतीgatītwo paths.
हि एतेhi etetruly these.
जगतःjagataḥfor [this] world.
शाश्वतेśāśvateeternal.
मतेmateare considered.
एकयाekayāby one [of them].
यातिyātihe goes.
अनावृत्तिम्anāvṛttimto non-return.
अन्ययाanyayāby the other.
आवर्तते पुनःāvartate punaḥhe returns again.
Translation
“According to the Vedas, these two paths — the bright and the dark — exist eternally in this world. Following one, a person attains liberation; following the other, he returns again.”
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