Verset 8.26

शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥

8.26

Translittération

śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate |

ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ||

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Traduction

The bright and the dark paths of the world are verily thought to be eternal; by the one (the bright path) a man goes not to return and by the other (the dark path) he returns.

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Mot à mot

bright and dark
two paths
indeed
these
of the world
eternal
are held

by one
goes to
non-return
by the other
returns
again

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

Explication

These two paths, the bright and the dark, are said to be everlasting features of the world. By one, a person goes to no return; by the other, a person comes back again. The verse sums up the teaching of the two paths and presents them as enduring possibilities rather than accidents. The deeper meaning, widely accepted across traditions, is that the quality of one's life and understanding, not merely the calendar, determines which way one goes.