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TEXT 24 agnir jyotir ahah suklah
SYNONYMS  agnih--fire;
jyotih--light; ahah--day; suklah--white; sat-masah--six
months; uttara-ayanam--when the sun passes on the northern side;
tatra--there; prayatah--one who goes; gacchanti--passes
away; brahma--to the Absolute; brahma-vidah--one who knows
the Absolute; janah--person.
TRANSLATION Those who
know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence
of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment, during the fortnight
of the moon and the six months when the sun travels in the north.
PURPORT When fire, light,
day and moon are as mentioned, it is to be understood that over all of
them there are various presiding deities who make arrangements for the
passage of the soul. At the time of death, the jiva sets forth on
the path to a new life. If one leaves the body at the time designated above,
either accidentally or by arrangement, it is possible for him to attain
the impersonal brahmajyoti. Mystics who are advanced in yoga
practice can arrange the time and place to leave the body. Others have
no control--if by accident they leave at an auspicious moment, then they
will not return to the cycle of birth and death, but if not, then there
is every possibility that they will have to return. However, for the pure
devotee in Krsna consciousness, there is no fear of returning, whether
he leaves the body at an auspicious or inauspicious moment, by accident
or arrangement.
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