Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

TEXT 22
purusah sa parah partha
bhaktya labhyas tv ananyaya
yasyantah-sthani bhutani
yena sarvam idam tatam
O Partha, that Supreme Personality of Godhead is the greatest of all and
is attainable by unalloyed devotion. He is all pervading and everything exists in
Him.
TEXT 23
yatra kale tv anavrttim
avrttim caiva yoginah
prayata yanti tam kalam
vaksyami bharatarsabha
O Bharatarsabha (Arjuna), now I shall tell you about the time when the
yogis passing away from this world, will come back to this material world or
not.
TEXT 24
agnir jyotir ahah suklah
san masa uttarayanam
tatra prayata gacchanti
brahma brahma-vido janah
Those who know the Supreme Brahman, breathe their last at the time of
influence of Fire-god, in light, in an auspicious day, in the bright fortnight and
during the six months period when the sun moves to the northern side of the
equator.
TEXT 25
dhumo ratris tatha krsnah
san-masa daksinayanam
tatra candramasam jyotir
yogi prapya nivartate
Karma-yogis who pass away during smoke, night, dark fortnight, the six
months when the sun moves to the southern side of the equator, or attain the
moon planet, again come to this world.
TEXT 26
sukla-krsne gati hy ete
jagatah sasvate mate
ekaya yaty anavrttim
anyayavartate punah
There are two eternal paths for passing away from this world. One is the
path of light and the other is darkness. Those who pass away during the path of
light are not liable to come back but those who pass away during the path of
darkness are bound to return.
TEXT 27
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