Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 275

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-8 Tāraka Brahma Yogaḥ

śukla-kṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate | ekayā yāty-anāvṛtim anyāyāvartate punaḥ || 26 || 26. These two paths, the bright and the dark, are said to be everlasting. By the former, one attains the state of non-return, by the other, one returns again. Commentary The ‘Path of Light’ is described in verse 24 and the ‘Path of Darkness’ is described in verse 25. In the Vedas both the bright and dark paths are said to be everlasting in relation to both the enlightened ones and those who simply do various good deeds. This is confirmed by the text: — ‘Those who know this and those who worship with faith, meditate in the forest etc., they go to the light’. , and ‘But those who in the village perform Vedic and secular acts of a meritorious nature and the giving of alms — they pass to the smoke’. .