शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate | ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ ||
- शुक्लकृष्णे · śuklakṛṣṇe
- the bright and the dark
- गती · gatī
- two paths
- हि · hi
- indeed
- जगतः · jagataḥ
- of the world
- शाश्वते मते · śāśvate mate
- held to be eternal
- एकया · ekayā
- by one
- अनावृत्तिम् · anāvṛttim
- non-return
- अन्यया · anyayā
- by the other
- आवर्तते पुनः · āvartate punaḥ
- one returns again
“These two paths of the world — the bright and the dark — are held to be eternal. By the one, one goes to non-return; by the other, one returns again.”
— Original plain-language translation
The pair is summed up as a standing feature of existence, not a one-time event. Light and darkness name destinies shaped by life. The verse closes the cosmology before the chapter's practical conclusion.
— Reader's notes (original)