BG 8.24

अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् ।
तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ॥
agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahma-vido janāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

janāḥ — individuals;  brahma-vidaḥ — who have realized Brahman;  gacchanti — attain;  brahma — Brahman;  prayātāḥ — while departing [from this world];  tatra — during [i.e., under the influence of];  agniḥ — the fire [and by implication the deity presiding over fire];  jyotiḥ — the light [and its presiding deity];  ahaḥ — the day [and its presiding deity];  śuklaḥ — the bright fortnight [and its presiding deity];  ṣaṭ-māsāḥ — [and] the six months;  uttara-ayanam — when the sun is in the northern hemisphere [and its presiding deity].

Translation

Those who have realized Brahman attain Brahman, while departing from this world during the fire, the light, the day, the bright fortnight, and the six months of the sun’s northern course [i.e., by following the path presided over by the deities of these respective temporal influences].

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