Verset 8.23

यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥

8.23

Translittération

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ |

prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||

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Traduction

Now I will tell thee, O chief of Bharatas, the times departing at which the Yogis will return or not return.

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Mot à mot

in which
time
indeed
non-return
return
and
also
yogis

having departed
go
that
time
I shall tell
O best of Bharatas

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna turns to a traditional teaching about the paths taken after death. He will describe the times at which departing yogis go to the state of no return, and the times at which they return. This doctrine of two paths is found in older Vedic texts as well. The verse introduces it as something Arjuna should know, though, as the closing verses of the chapter show, its purpose is not to make one anxious about the date of death but to clarify the nature of the goal.