For these two paths, the light and the dark, are thought to be eternal for the world. By the one, he goes to non-return; by the other, he returns again.
These bright and dark pathways are deemed constant for the universe; by one, a man escapes rebirth; by the other, he is born again.
(26) For these two courses—light and dark—are deemed to be primeval [laws] on earth. One leads to [the place of] no return, by the other one returns again.
8.26 These two courses of the world, which are white and black, are verily considered eternal. By the one a man goes to the State of Nonreturn; by the other he returns again.
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8.26 The bright and the dark paths of the world are verily thought to be eternal; by the one (the bright path) a man goes not to return and by the other (the dark path) he returns.