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TEXT 25 dhumo ratris tatha krsnah
SYNONYMS  dhumah--smoke;
ratrih--night; tatha--also; krsnah--the fortnight
of the dark moon; sat-masah--the six months; daksina-ayanam--when
the sun passes on the southern side; tatra--there; candra-masam--the
moon planet; jyotih--light; yogi--the mystic; prapya--achieves;
nivartate--comes back.
TRANSLATION The mystic
who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the moonless
fortnight, or in the six months when the sun passes to the south, or who
reaches the moon planet, again comes back.
PURPORT In the Third
Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam we are informed that those who are expert
in fruitive activities and sacrificial methods on earth attain to the moon
at death. These elevated souls live on the moon for about 10,000 years
(by demigod calculations) and enjoy life by drinking soma-rasa.
They eventually return to earth. This means that on the moon there are
higher classes of living beings, though they may not be perceived by the
gross senses.
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