Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 8: The Merciful Absolute (TÄraka-brahma-yoga ). Text 24

agnir jyotir ahaḥ Å›uklaḥ á¹£aṇ-mÄsÄ uttarÄyaṇam tatra prayÄtÄ gachchhanti brahma brahma-vido janÄḥ [24]

(yatra)–The path on which; agniḥ jyotiḥ–the deities of fire and light; ahaḥ–the deity of day; suklaḥ–the deity of the waxing moon; uttarÄyaṇam á¹£aá¹­-mÄsÄḥ–and the deity of the sun’s six-monthly northern ascent; (avasthitaḥ)–preside; brahma-vidaḥ janÄḥ–the knowers of

  1. Brahma; prayÄtÄḥ–going, i.e. leaving the body; tatra–on that path; gachchhanti–attain; [24]


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Upon leaving the body, the knowers of Brahma attain Brahma via the path of fire, light, day, the waxing moon, and the sun’s northern ascent.

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