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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 26

Akṣarabrahma Yoga · śloka 26

8.26

śloka 26

śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate |

ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ||8-26||

Translation

These two paths of the world—the bright and the dark—are deemed eternal. By one (the bright) the aspirant attains non-return; by the other (the dark) he attains return.

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