Chapter 8. Attaining
the Supreme
TEXT 26
sukla-krsne gati hy ete
jagatah sasvate mate
ekaya yaty anavrttim
anyayavartate punah
SYNONYMS
sukla--light;
krsne--darkness; gati--passing away; hi--certainly;
ete--all these; jagatah--of the material world; sasvate--of
the Vedas; mate--in the opinion; ekaya--by one; yati--goes;
anavrttim--no return; anyaya--by the other; avartate--comes
back; punah--again.
TRANSLATION
According
to the Vedas, there are two ways of passing from this world--one in the
light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back;
but when one passes in darkness, he returns.
PURPORT
The same description
of departure and return is quoted by Acarya Baladeva Vidyabhusana from
the Chandogya Upanisad. In such a way, those who are fruitive laborers
and philosophical speculators from time immemorial are constantly going
and coming. Actually they do not attain ultimate salvation, for they do
not surrender to Krsna.
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