यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः |\nप्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ||८-२३||\nअग्निर्जोतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् |\nतत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ||८-२४||\nधूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् |\nतत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ||८-२५||\nशुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते |\nएकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ||८-२६||
yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ .\nprayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||8-23||\nagnirjotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam .\ntatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ||8-24||\ndhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam .\ntatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ||8-25||\nśuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate .\nekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ||8-26||
I shall now describe to you the different paths of passing away from this world, O best of the Bharatas, one of which leads to liberation and the other leads to rebirth.  Those who know the Supreme Brahman and who depart from this world, during the six months of the sun’s northern course, the bright fortnight of the moon, and the bright part of the day, attain the supreme destination.  The practitioners of Vedic rituals, who pass away during the six months of the sun’s southern course, the dark fortnight of the moon, the time of smoke, the night, attain the celestial abodes.  After enjoying celestial pleasures, they again return to the earth.  These two, bright and dark paths, always exist in this world.  The way of light leads to liberation and the way of darkness leads to rebirth.