(yatra)–The path on which; dhūmaḥ–the deity of smoke; rātriḥ–the deity of night; kṛṣṇaḥ–the deity of the waning moon; tathā ṣaṭ-māsāḥ dakṣiṇāyanam–and the deity of the sun’s six-monthly southern ascent; (avasthitaḥ)–preside; yogī–the (karma-) yogī; (prayātaḥ)–who goes; tatra–on that path; prāpya–reaching; chāndramasam jyotiḥ–Svarga-loka, the heavenly plane; nivartate–returns–undergoes rebirth. [25]

Upon leaving the body, the karma-yogī reaches the heavenly plane via the path of smoke, night, the waning moon, and the sun’s southern ascent, but returns to undergo rebirth.