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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8, Verse 26

The Imperishable Absolute

शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः

śhukla-kṛiṣhṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śhāśhvate mate ekayā yātyanāvṛittim anyayāvartate punaḥ

What does Bhagavad Gita 8.26 mean?

These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoever takes the former, does not return; he who chooses the latter, returns.

Word-by-word meaning

śhukla—bright · kṛiṣhṇe—dark · gatī—paths · hi—certainly · ete—these · jagataḥ—of the material world · śhāśhvate—eternal · mate—opinion · ekayā—by one · yāti—goes · anāvṛittim—to non return · anyayā—by the other · āvartate—comes back · punaḥ—again

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