Chapter 8 Verse 24 of 28

• agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ
• ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam
• tatra prayātā gacchanti
• brahma brahma-vido janāḥ

Translation

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.

Synonyms

• agniḥ

  fire

• jyotiḥ

  light

• ahaḥ

  day

• śuklaḥ

  the white fortnight

• māsāḥ

  the six months

• ayanam

  when the sun passes on the northern side

• tatra

  there

• prayātāḥ

  those who pass away

• gacchanti

  go

• brahma

  to the Absolute

• vidaḥ

  who know the Absolute

• janāḥ

  persons.

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