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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8, Verse 26 (8.26) means: These two paths of the world, the bright and the dark, are held to be constant. By one a person does not return; by the other they come back again.
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
śhukla-kṛiṣhṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śhāśhvate mate ekayā yātyanāvṛittim anyayāvartate punaḥ
These two paths of the world, the bright and the dark, are held to be constant. By one a person does not return; by the other they come back again.
संसार के ये दो मार्ग, शुक्ल और कृष्ण, नित्य माने गए हैं। एक से व्यक्ति नहीं लौटता; दूसरे से वह फिर लौट आता है।
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It is verse 26 of Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 28 verses in total.
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