शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते | एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ||८-२६||
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate . ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ||8-26||
- śukla
- light
- kṛṣṇe
- and darkness
- gatī
- ways of passing
- hi
- certainly
- ete
- these two
- jagataḥ
- of the material world
- śāśvate
- of the Vedas
- mate
- in the opinion
- ekayā
- by one
- yāti
- goes
- anāvṛttim
- to no return
- anyayā
- by the other
- āvartate
- comes back
- punaḥ
- again
- na
- never
- ete
- these two
According to Vedic opinion, there are two ways of passing from this world – one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns.