Sanskrit · Devanagari
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882departing (from the world) in these those who know the Brahman go to the Brahman. Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the southern solstice, (dying) in these, the devotee goes to the lunar light and returns.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।8.25।। --,धूमो रात्रिः धूमाभिमानिनी रात्र्यभिमानिनी च देवता। तथा कृष्णः कृष्णपक्षदेवता। षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् इति च पूर्ववत् देवतैव। तत्र चन्द्रमसि भवं चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिः फलम् इष्टादिकारी योगी कर्मी प्राप्य भुक्त्वा तत्क्षयात् इह पुनः निवर्तते।।
adabd0ab261e…Rāmānuja
8.25 This denotes the world of the manes etc., described by the term 'starting with smoke.' Here the term Yogin connotes one associated with good actions.
b19ef904d456…Swami Sivananda
8.25 धूमः smoke? रात्रिः night? तथा also? कृष्णः the dark (fortnight)? षण्मासाः the six months? दक्षिणायनम् the southern path of the sun? तत्र there? चान्द्रमसम् lunar? ज्योतिः light? योगी the Yogi? प्राप्य having attained? निवर्तते returns.Commentary This is the Pitriyana or the path of darkness or the path of the ancestors which leads to rirth. Those who do sacrifices to the gods and other charitable works with expectation of reward go to the Chandraloka through this path and come back to this world when the fruits of the Karmas are exhausted.Smoke? night time? the dark fortnight and the six months of the southern solstice are all deities who preside over them. They may denote the degree of ignorance? attachment and passion. There are smoke and darkcoloured objects throughout the course. There is no illumination when one passes along this path. It is reached by ignorance. Hence it is called the path of darkness or smoke.
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