Chapter 8: Attaining the Supreme
Bg 8.26
TEXT 26
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।
एकया यात्यनावृत्तिम् अन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥ २६ ॥
एकया यात्यनावृत्तिम् अन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥ २६ ॥
śukla-kṛṣṇe gatī hy ete
jagataḥ śāśvate mate
ekayā yāty anāvṛttim
anyayāvartate punaḥ
jagataḥ śāśvate mate
ekayā yāty anāvṛttim
anyayāvartate punaḥ
TRANSLATION
According to the Vedas, 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 Vidyābhūṣaṇa from the Chandogya Upaniṣad. In such a way, 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 Kṛṣṇa.
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