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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8, Verse 25 (8.25) means: Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the sun's southern path: departing then, the seeker reaches the moon's light and returns.
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।
dhūmo rātris tathā kṛiṣhṇaḥ ṣhaṇ-māsā dakṣhiṇāyanam tatra chāndramasaṁ jyotir yogī prāpya nivartate
Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the sun's southern path: departing then, the seeker reaches the moon's light and returns.
धुआँ, रात, कृष्ण पक्ष, सूर्य के दक्षिणायन के छह महीने: तब जाने वाला साधक चंद्रमा के प्रकाश को पाकर लौट आता है।
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It is verse 25 of Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 28 verses in total.
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