अग्निर्जोतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् | तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ||८-२४||
agnirjotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam . tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ||8-24||
- agniḥ
- fire
- jyotiḥ
- light
- ahaḥ
- day
- śuklaḥ
- the white fortnight
- ṣaṭ-māsāḥ
- the six months
- uttara-ayanam
- when the sun passes on the northern side
- tatra
- there
- prayātāḥ
- those who pass away
- gacchanti
- go
- brahma
- to the Absolute
- brahma-vidaḥ
- who know the Absolute
- janāḥ
- persons
Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months when the sun travels in the north.