यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥
yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ | prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||
- यत्र काले · yatra kāle
- at what time
- तु · tu
- now, indeed
- अनावृत्तिम् · anāvṛttim
- non-return
- आवृत्तिम् · āvṛttim
- return
- योगिनः · yoginaḥ
- yogis
- प्रयाताः · prayātāḥ
- departing
- यान्ति · yānti
- go to
- वक्ष्यामि · vakṣyāmi
- I shall declare
- भरतर्षभ · bharatarṣabha
- O best of Bharatas
“Now I shall declare to you, O best of Bharatas, the time at which departing yogis go to non-return — and to return.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna turns to the traditional lore of the two paths, answering the when of departure. The teaching draws on older Upanishadic passages about light and darkness. Verses 24-26 give the classic formulation.
— Reader's notes (original)