Chapter 8, Verse 25
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।
dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam। tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate।।8.25।।
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- धूमः
- smoke (the path of smoke, symbolic of the deities of smoke/night)
- रात्रिः
- night
- तथा
- likewise, also
- कृष्णः
- the dark fortnight (waning moon)
- षण्मासाः
- the six months
- दक्षिणायनम्
- the southern course (of the sun)
- तत्र
- there, in that (path)
- चान्द्रमसम्
- pertaining to the moon, lunar
- ज्योतिः
- light
- योगी
- the yogi
- प्राप्य
- having attained, having reached
- निवर्तते
- returns (i.e., comes back to mortal birth)
Commentary
25. Smoke, night-time, and the dark fortnight, the six months of the southern solstice,— attaining by these to the lunar light, the Yogin returns.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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धूमः
रात्रिः
तथा
कृष्णः
षण्मासाः
दक्षिणायनम्
तत्र
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योगी
प्राप्य
निवर्तते
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