Bhagavad Gita · Akshara Brahma YogaChapter 8, Shloka 23 (8.23)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ
॥ 8.23 ॥
yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha
Translation
"O best of the Bharatas, I shall tell you the 'time' (path) in which yogis who leave the body go never to return, and that in which they return."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. yoginaḥ iti yoginaḥ karmiṇaś ca ucyante, karmiṇas tu guṇataḥ — karma-yogena yoginām (gītā 3.3) iti viśeṣaṇāt — "yogis" includes both yogis and people of action (karmis), the latter in a secondary sense (on the basis of 3.3); yatra kāle prayātāḥ mṛtāḥ … anāvṛttiṃ yānti … āvṛttiṃ yānti.
Acharya Ramanuja — "time" = path. Atra kāla-śabdo mārgasya ahaḥ-prabhṛti-saṃvatsarānta-kālābhimāni-devatā-bhūyastayā mārgopalakṣaṇārthaḥ — here the word "time" points to the path, because on that path the deities presiding over time, from the day to the year, predominate; yasmin mārge prayātā yogino anāvṛttiṃ puṇya-karmāṇaḥ ca āvṛttiṃ yānti taṃ mārgaṃ vakṣyāmi.
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