Chapter 8, Verse 24
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः।।8.24।।
agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam। tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ।।8.24।।
Word by word
- अग्निः
- fire (deity presiding over the path of light)
- ज्योतिः
- light/luminosity (the bright principle)
- अहः
- day (daytime, as opposed to night)
- शुक्लः
- the bright (waxing) fortnight of the moon
- षण्मासाः
- the six months
- उत्तरायणम्
- the northern course (of the sun's movement)
- तत्र
- there (by that path)
- प्रयाताः
- having departed/gone (deceased along that path)
- गच्छन्ति
- they go/attain
- ब्रह्म
- Brahman (the Absolute)
- ब्रह्मविदः
- knowers of Brahman
- जनाः
- people/men
Commentary
24. Fire, light, day-time, the bright fortnight,. the six months of the northern solstice, — then departing, men who know Brahman reach Brahman.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अग्निः
ज्योतिः
अहः
शुक्लः
षण्मासाः
उत्तरायणम्
तत्र
प्रयाताः
गच्छन्ति
ब्रह्म
ब्रह्मविदः
जनाः
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