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Bhagavad Gita 8.25

Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga (The Imperishable) · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग

धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ।तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥

dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam |tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ||

Meaning of Gita 8.25 in English

Smoke, night, the dark half of the moon, the six months of the sun's southern path — a yogi who leaves by this path reaches the lunar light and then returns.

गीता 8.25 का हिंदी अर्थ

धुआँ, रात, कृष्ण पक्ष और दक्षिणायन के छह महीने — इस मार्ग से जाने वाला योगी चंद्रमा की ज्योति पाकर फिर लौट आता है।

path of returnrebirthjourney after death

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.