यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिन: प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ अग्निर्ज्योतिरह: शुक्ल: षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जना: धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्ण: षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगत: शाश्वते मते एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुन:
yatra kāle tvanāvṛittim āvṛittiṁ chaiva yoginaḥ prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣhyāmi bharatarṣhabha agnir jyotir ahaḥ śhuklaḥ ṣhaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam tatra prayātā gachchhanti brahma brahma-vido janāḥ dhūmo rātris tathā kṛiṣhṇaḥ ṣhaṇ-māsā dakṣhiṇāyanam tatra chāndramasaṁ jyotir yogī prāpya nivartate śhukla-kṛiṣhṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śhāśhvate mate ekayā yātyanāvṛittim anyayāvartate punaḥ
Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (52 words)
These two, the bright and the dark, are held to be the world's eternal courses: by one a person goes without return, by the other he comes back again. Both are called eternal — neither is an aberration.