BG 8.23
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥
yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ
prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha
prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha
Word-for-word meanings
bharata-ṛṣabha — O best of the Bharatas; vakṣyāmi — I shall describe [to you]; tam — that; kālam — moment; yatra kāle — in which moment; yoginaḥ — the yogīs; tu — indeed; prayātāḥ — having departed [from their bodies]; yānti — attain; āvṛttim — return; anāvṛttim ca eva — [or] no return.
Translation
O best of the Bharatas, I shall describe to you the different moments in which the yogīs, on departing from their bodies, either return or do not return [to the cycle of repeated birth (punar-janma*)].
Notes
* This is drawn from Śaṅkarācārya’s gloss on the word āvṛttim.