Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 23
Chapter 8
Verse 24 of 28
Verse 25
Verse 8.24
अग्निज्र्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः।8.24।
8.24 agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Fire, light, day, the bright half of the month, the six months of the sun's northern course; Departing then, they go to Brahman, the men who know Brahman.

Stoller MillerLiterary

Men who know the infinite spirit reach its infinity if they die in fire, light, day, bright lunar night, the sun's six-month northward course.

ZaehnerJesuit

(24) Fire, light, day, [the moon's] light [fortnight], the six months of the [sun's] northern course,—dying in these to Brahman do they go, the men who Brahman know.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

8.24 Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the Northern solstice-by following this Path, persons who are knowers of Brahman attain Brahman when they die.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

8.24

SivanandaVedanta

8.24 Fire, light daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern path of the sun (the northern solstice) -- departing then (by these) men who know Brahman go to Brahman.

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Verse 23
Chapter 8
Verse 24 of 28
Verse 25