{"data":{"canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","workId":"gita","work":"gita","edition":"gita-standard-700","corpusVersion":"gita-1.0.0-rc.1","chapter":8,"verse":26,"speaker":"Krishna","representations":{"devanagari":"शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।\nएकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥","iast":"śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate\nekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ","english":"These two paths, bright and dark, are deemed to be eternal in this world. By the one, (a man) goes never to return, by the other he comes back."},"translation":{"translator":"Kashinath Trimbak Telang","editionYear":1882,"status":"machine-aligned; two human reviews pending","alignmentConfidence":0.963},"variants":[],"provenance":[{"sourceId":"vedic-scriptures","locator":"BG8.26","role":"Devanagari and IAST digital witness"},{"sourceId":"telang-1882","locator":"Chapter 8; aligned against BG8.26","role":"English translation witness"}],"review":{"transcription":"machine-cross-checked","firstHumanReview":"pending","secondHumanReview":"pending","releaseEligible":false},"checksum":"7b2110ec73fd897e0bfb08044036540b8c5eec5eebd88d93010fb4d4b31ef64e","commentaries":[{"id":"prabhupada-ec:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"prabhupada","author":"A. C. 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When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns.","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/prabhu/et","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"a92742cf8bd126317c251d5815e32ff46e62a01e26bf9cd029f78ced597d3c94","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"abhinavagupta-sc:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"abhinavagupta","author":"Abhinavagupta","editionId":"abhinavagupta-sc","fieldCode":"sc","language":"sa","script":"Deva","contentType":"commentary","content":"।।8.26।।शुक्लकृष्णे इति। अनयोर्गर्त्योर्मध्यादाद्यया अनावृत्ितः मोक्षः अन्यया भोगः।","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/abhinav/sc","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"69b94eb319532eae7527a97a5a71d8115cc712b5db6064ecd17063d1a1985ee0","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"abhinavagupta-et:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"abhinavagupta","author":"Abhinavagupta","editionId":"abhinavagupta-et","fieldCode":"et","language":"en","script":"Latn","contentType":"translation","content":"8.26 Sukla-krsne etc. By the first of these two courses the non-return i.e., the liberation is attained, and by the other, the enjoyment [of the mundane life].","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/abhinav/et","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"93693727fb26f82fcf64fa385a6228758308d4688130b3f92171b366236fb63b","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"dhanapati-sc:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"dhanapati","author":"Dhanapati","editionId":"dhanapati-sc","fieldCode":"sc","language":"sa","script":"Deva","contentType":"commentary","content":"।।8.26।।शुक्ला ज्ञानप्रकाशहेतुत्वात्तदभावात्कृष्णा। एते शुक्लकृष्णे गती मार्गो जगतः उपासनायां कर्मणि चाधिकृतस्य,शाश्वते नित्ये अनादिरुपे मते अभिप्रेते संसारस्यानादित्वात्। तत्रैकया शुक्लया गत्या अनावृत्तिं याति अन्यया कृष्णया गत्या पुनर्भूयः आवर्तते।","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/dhan/sc","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"613a7daa22272baa7c70fa455c866deea152230ed300285126752923dcc237c2","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"s-sankaranarayan-et:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"s-sankaranarayan","author":"Dr. S. 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Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/purohit/et","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"8a6bfdb7cc79fa10ec0ba3a211967c6cf1dc925638e88a9db2e3e99898d90c18","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"swami-adidevananda-et:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"swami-adidevananda","author":"Swami Adidevananda","editionId":"swami-adidevananda-et","fieldCode":"et","language":"en","script":"Latn","contentType":"translation","content":"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 Non-return; by the other he returns again.\n8.26 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.\n8.26 Ete, these two; gati, courses; jagatah, of the world; which are sukla-krsne, white and black [The Northern Path (the path of the Gods), and the Southern Path (the Path of the Manes) respectively.]-white because it is a revealer of Knowlege, and black because there is absence of that (revelation); are hi, verily; mate, considered; sasvate, eternal, because the world is eternal. These two courses are possible for those who are alified for Knowledge and for rites and duties; not for everybody. This being so, ekaya, by the one, by the white one; yati, a man goes; anavrttim, to the State of Non-return; anyaya, by the other; avartate, he returns; punah, again.","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/adi/et","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"6e6171de33c6220c9037f897f7c9c6b51ef6b3107a028ae1515cd45f40f612a9","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"swami-chinmayananda-hc:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"swami-chinmayananda","author":"Swami Chinmayananda","editionId":"swami-chinmayananda-hc","fieldCode":"hc","language":"hi","script":"Deva","contentType":"commentary","content":"।।8.26।। पूर्वोक्त देवयान और पितृयान को ही यहाँ क्रमशः शुक्लगति और कृष्णगति कहा गया है। लक्ष्य के स्वरूप के अनुसार यह उनका पुनर्नामकरण किया गया है। प्रथम मार्ग साधक को उत्थान के सर्वोच्च शिखर तक पहुँचाता है तो अन्य मार्ग परिणामस्वरूप पतन की गर्त में ले जाता है। इन्हीं दो मार्गों को क्रमशः मोक्ष का मार्ग और संसार का मार्ग माना जा सकता है।मानव की प्रत्येक पीढ़ी में जीवन जीने के दो मार्ग या प्रकार होते हैं भौतिक और आध्यात्मिक। भौतिकवादियों के अनुसार मानव की आवश्यकताएं केवल भोजन वस्त्र और गृह हैं। उनके मतानुसार जीवन का परम पुरुषार्थ वैषयिक सुखोपभोग के द्वारा शरीर और मन की उत्तेजनाओं को सन्तुष्ट करना ही है। केवल इतने से ही उनको सन्तोष हो जाता है। इससे उच्चतर तथा दिव्य आदर्श के प्रति न कोई उनकी रुचि होती है और न प्रवृत्ति। परन्तु अध्यात्म के मार्ग पर चलने वाले विवेकीजन अपने समक्ष आकर्षक विषयों को देखकर लुब्ध नहीं हो जाते। उनकी बुद्धि अग्निशिखा के समान सदा उर्ध्वगामी होती है जो सतही जीवन में उच्च और श्रेष्ठ लक्ष्य की खोज में रमण करती है।भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं कि ये दोनों ही मार्ग सनातन हैं और अनादिकाल से इन पर चलने वाले दो भिन्न प्रवृत्तियों के लोग रहे हैं। व्यापक अर्थ की दृष्टि से इन दोनों का सम्मिलित रूप ही संसार है। परन्तु वेदान्त का सिद्धांत है कि जीव संसार दुःख से निवृत्त हो सकता है। यह ऋषियों का प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव है।एक साधक की दृष्टि से विचार करने पर इस श्लोक में सफल योगी बनने के लिए दिये गये निर्देश का बोध हो सकता है। कभीकभी साधना काल में मन की बहिर्मुखी प्रवृत्ति के कारण साधक विषयों की ओर आकर्षित होकर उनमें आसक्त हो जाता है। ऐसे क्षणों में न हमें स्वयं को धिक्कारने की आवश्यकता है और न आश्चर्य मुग्ध होने की। भगवान् स्पष्ट करते हैं कि मनुष्य के मन में उच्च जीवन की महत्वाकांक्षा और निम्न जीवन के प्रति आकर्षण इन दोनों विरोधी प्रवृत्तियों में अनादि काल से कशिश चल रही है। धैर्य से काम लेने पर निम्न प्रवृत्तियों पर हम विजय प्राप्त कर सकते हैं।इन दो मार्गों तथा उनके सनातन स्वरूप को जानने का निश्चित फल क्या है","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/chinmay/hc","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"1b31254a0ee75c3ad3b1fcd4450af81aaabb6a771f6e7677f8920aff66954812","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"swami-gambirananda-et:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"swami-gambirananda","author":"Swami Gambirananda","editionId":"swami-gambirananda-et","fieldCode":"et","language":"en","script":"Latn","contentType":"translation","content":"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 Non-return; by the other he returns again.","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/gambir/et","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"a2722cd5fbc42869e75a008f884f5f3b6ddc8475b51d0e1cc97dd044f2a40d72","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"swami-ramsukhdas-hc:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"swami-ramsukhdas","author":"Swami Ramsukhdas","editionId":"swami-ramsukhdas-hc","fieldCode":"hc","language":"hi","script":"Deva","contentType":"commentary","content":"।।8.26।। व्याख्या--'शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते'--शुक्ल और कृष्ण--इन दोनों मार्गोंका सम्बन्ध जगत्के सभी चर-अचर प्राणियोंके साथ है। तात्पर्य है कि ऊर्ध्वगतिके साथ मनुष्यका तो साक्षात् सम्बन्ध है और चर-अचर प्राणियोंका परम्परासे सम्बन्ध है। कारण कि चर-अचर प्राणी क्रमसे अथवा भगवत्कृपासे कभी-न-कभी मनुष्य-जन्ममें आते ही हैं और मनुष्यजन्ममें किये हुए कर्मोंके अनुसार ही ऊर्ध्वगति, मध्यगति और अधोगति होती है। अब वे ऊर्ध्वगतिको प्राप्त करें अथवा न करें, पर उन सबका सम्बन्ध ऊर्ध्वगति अर्थात् शुक्ल और कृष्ण-गतिके साथ है ही।जबतक मनुष्योंके भीतर असत् (विनाशी) वस्तुओंका आदर है, कामना है, तबतक वे कितनी ही ऊँची भोग-भूमियोंमें क्यों न चले जायँ, पर असत् वस्तुका महत्त्व रहनेसे उनकी कभी भी अधोगति हो सकती है। इसी तरह परमात्माके अंश होनेसे उनकी कभी भी ऊर्ध्वगति हो सकती है। इसलिये साधकको हरदम सजग रहना चाहिये और अपने अन्तःकरणमें विनाशी वस्तुओंको महत्त्व नहीं देना चाहिये। तात्पर्य यह हुआ कि परमात्मप्राप्तिके लिये किसी भी लोकमें, योनिमें कोई बाधा नहीं है। इसका कारण यह है कि परमात्माके साथ किसी भी प्राणीका कभी सम्बन्ध-विच्छेद होता ही नहीं। अतः न जाने कब और किस योनिमें वह परमात्माकी तरफ चल दे-- इस दृष्टिसे साधकको किसी भी प्राणीको घृणाकी दृष्टिसे देखनेका अधिकार नहीं है।चौथे अध्यायके पहले श्लोकमें भगवान्ने 'योग' को अव्यय कहा है। जैसे योग अव्यय है, ऐसे ही ये शुक्ल और कृष्ण -- दोनों गतियाँ भी अव्यय, शाश्वत हैं अर्थात् ये दोनों गतियाँ निरन्तर रहनेवाली हैं, अनादिकालसे हैं और जगत्के लिये अनन्तकालतक चलती रहेंगी। 'एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः'--एक मार्गसे अर्थात् शुक्लमार्गसे गये हुए साधनपरायण साधक अनावृत्तिको प्राप्त होते हैं अर्थात् ब्रह्मलोकमें जाकर ब्रह्माजीके साथ ही मुक्त हो जाते हैं, बार-बार जन्म-मरणके चक्करमें नहीं आते; और दूसरे मार्गसे अर्थात् कृष्णमार्गसे गये हुए मनुष्य बार-बार जन्म-मरणके चक्करमें आते हैं।\nसम्बन्ध--अब भगवान् दोनों मार्गोंको जाननेका माहात्म्य बतानेके लिये आगेका श्लोक कहते हैं।","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/rams/hc","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"5a375093cb2ede6f649565303bb8b0877f65d25957ed38e371e5eca36769aadc","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"swami-ramsukhdas-ht:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"swami-ramsukhdas","author":"Swami Ramsukhdas","editionId":"swami-ramsukhdas-ht","fieldCode":"ht","language":"hi","script":"Deva","contentType":"translation","content":"।।8.26।। क्योंकि शुक्ल और कृष्ण -- ये दोनों गतियाँ अनादिकालसे जगत्-(प्राणिमात्र-) के साथ सम्बन्ध रखनेवाली मानी गई हैं। इनमेंसे एक गतिमें जानेवालेको लौटना नहीं पड़ता और दूसरी गतिमें जानेवालेको लौटना पड़ता है।","sourceLocator":"bhagavadgita_chapter_8_slok_26.json#/rams/ht","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita","sourceCommit":"43dfc8db815d01e15a347ea294b089334cf2aa17","alignmentStatus":"machine-validated; human review pending","checksum":"f2604009ae0ad4ffa4a3e66d4f9bb05a2c1b8f28a1c12c5b263e0c059f7e3812","corpusVersion":"gita-commentaries-0.2.0"},{"id":"swami-sivananda-ec:source:8.26","canonicalRef":"gita.8.26","chapter":8,"verse":26,"authorId":"swami-sivananda","author":"Swami Sivananda","editionId":"swami-sivananda-ec","fieldCode":"ec","language":"en","script":"Latn","contentType":"commentary","content":"8.26 शुक्लकृष्णे bright and dark? गती (two) paths? हि verily? एते these? जगतः of the world? शाश्वते eternal? मते are thought? एकया by one? याति (he) goes? अनावृत्तिम् to nonreturn? अन्यया by another? आवर्तते (he) returns? पुनः again.Commentary The bright path is the path to the gods taken by the devotees. 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