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Bhagavad Gītā : Chapter eight: Attaining the Supreme, Text 24 अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् │ agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ││ २४ ││ agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam           Figure 04: Mystics who are advanced in yoga practice can arrange the time and place to leave the body. Others have no control. (8.24 purport) (Prabhupāda 2017) Vocabulary agniḥ— fire; jyotiḥ— light; ahaḥ— day; śuklaḥ— the white fortnight; ṣaṭ-māsāḥ— the six months; uttara-ayaṇam— when the sun passes on the northern side; tatra— there; prayātāḥ— those who pass away; gacchanti— go; brahma— to the Absolute; brahma-vidaḥ— who know the Absolute; janāḥ— persons. Translate the following verse into English             Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the in...

What is your favorite verse and the core concept of any Sanskrit shloka read by you? Bhagavad Gītā : Chapter eight: Attaining the Supreme, Text 24 अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् │ agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् ││२४││ agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam Vocabulary agniḥ— fire;  jyotiḥ— light;  ahaḥ— day;  śuklaḥ— the white fortnight;  ṣaṭ-māsāḥ— the six months;  uttara-ayaṇam— when the sun passes on the northern side;  tatra— there;  prayātāḥ— those who pass away;  gacchanti— go;  brahma— to the Absolute;  brahma-vidaḥ— who know the Absolute;  janāḥ— persons. Translate the following verse into English Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months when the sun travels i...