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Fire, light daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern path of the sun (the northern solstice) departing then (by these) men who know Brahman go to Brahman.

Fire, light, day, the bright half of the month, the six months of the sun's northern course: departing then, those who know Brahman go to Brahman.

The first path is marked by fire, light, day, the bright half of the lunar month and the six months of the sun's northward course. Those who know Brahman and depart by this path go to Brahman. Some traditions read these as actual times of death; others read them as presiding deities who guide the soul, or as symbols of the path of light and knowledge. The verse uses images of brightness and ascent to describe a journey that does not lead back into rebirth.