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Chapter 8 · Verse 26The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Bhagavad Gita 8.26

BG 8.26 — Chapter 8 (The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman), Verse 26, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते | एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ||८-२६||

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śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate . ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ||8-26||

Roman: shuklakrshne gati hyete jagatah shashvate mate . ekaya yatyanavrttimanyayavartate punah

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.