धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् | तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ||८-२५||
dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam . tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ||8-25||
- 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
- the light
- yogī
- the mystic
- prāpya
- achieving
- nivartate
- comes back
The mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the fortnight of the waning moon, or the six months when the sun passes to the south reaches the moon planet but again comes back.