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Bhagavad Gītā 8.26

BG 8.26

शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः

śhukla-kṛiṣhṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śhāśhvate mate ekayā yātyanāvṛittim anyayāvartate punaḥ

These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoever takes the former, does not return; he who chooses the latter, returns.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

The bright and dark paths of the world are thought to be eternal; one leads to no return, and the other leads to return.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

śhukla—bright; kṛiṣhṇe—dark; gatī—paths; hi—certainly; ete—these; jagataḥ—of the material world; śhāśhvate—eternal; mate—opinion; ekayā—by one; yāti—goes; anāvṛittim—to non return; anyayā—by the other; āvartate—comes back; punaḥ—again

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 8.26, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/8.26), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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