Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ।
तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥२५॥
dhūmo rātris tathā kṛṣṇaḥ
ṣaṇ-māsā dakṣiṇāyanam
tatra cāndramasaṁ jyotir
yogī prāpya nivartate
Word for word (synonyms)
- dhūmaḥ
- smoke
- rātriḥ
- night
- tathā
- also
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- the fortnight of the dark moon
- ṣaṭ-māsāḥ
- the six months
- dakṣiṇa-ayanam
- when the sun passes on the southern side
- tatra
- there
- cāndramasam
- the moon planet
- jyotiḥ
- light
- yogī
- the mystic
- prāpya
- achieves
- nivartate
- comes back
Translation
The mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the moonless fortnight, or in the six months when the sun passes to the south, or who reaches the moon planet, again comes back.
Purport
Other scriptures cited in this purport: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
In the Third Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we are informed that those who are expert in fruitive activities and sacrificial methods on earth attain to the moon at death. These elevated souls live on the moon for about 10,000 years (by demigod calculations) and enjoy life by drinking soma-rasa. They eventually return to earth. This means that on the moon there are higher classes of living beings, though they may not be perceived by the gross senses.
What this verse teaches
A yogī or jñānī who leaves body by the path of light attains liberation. A karmī who leaves body by the path of darkness returns back to this world.
- Themes
- DeathThe Five Topics
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- Bhagavad-gītā 8.22–27 1966-11-07 · New York
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