21. What has been called Unmanifested and Imperishable, has been described as the Goal Supreme. That is My highest state, having attained which, there is no return.
22. And that Supreme Purusha is attainable, O son of Prithâ, by whole-souled devotion to Him alone, in Whom all beings dwell, and by Whom all this is pervaded.
23. Now I shall tell you, O bull of the Bhâratas, of the path traveling in which the Yogis return, and again of that, taking which they do not return.
24. Fire, flame, day-time, the bright fortnight, the six months of the Northern passage of the sun, taking this path, the knowers of Brahman go to Brahman.
25. Smoke, night-time, the dark fortnight, the six months of the Southern passage of the sun—taking this path the Yogi, attaining the lunar light, returns.
26. Truly are these bright and dark paths of the world considered eternal: one leads to non-return; by the other, one returns.
27. No Yogi, O son of Prithâ, is deluded after knowing these paths. Therefore, O Arjuna, be you steadfast in Yoga, at all times.
28. Whatever meritorious effect is declared in the Scriptures to accrue from the study of the Vedas, the performance of Yajnas, the practice of austerities and gifts—above all this rises the Yogi, having known this, and attains to the primeval, supreme Abode.
—Bhagavad Gita, 8:21-28
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