Chapter 8, Verse 26
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate. ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayā''vartate punaḥ..8.26..
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- शुक्लकृष्णे
- bright and dark (the two paths, light and dark)
- गती
- two paths/courses
- हि
- indeed
- एते
- these
- जगतः
- of the world
- शाश्वते
- eternal
- मते
- are considered/held (to be)
- एकया
- by one (path)
- याति
- one goes
- अनावृत्तिम्
- to non-return (no rebirth)
- अन्यया
- by the other (path)
- आवर्तते
- one returns
- पुनः
- again
Commentary
26. These bright and dark Paths of the world are verily deemed eternal ; by the one a man goes to return not, by the other he returns again.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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शुक्लकृष्णे
गती
हि
एते
जगतः
शाश्वते
मते
एकया
याति
अनावृत्तिम्
अन्यया
आवर्तते
पुनः
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