Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 8 · The Imperishable Absolute

    Verse 26

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 8, Verse 26

    शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    These two paths of the world, which are white and black, are indeed considered eternal. Through one, a person goes to the state of non-return; through the other, they return again.
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