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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते |
एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ||८-२६||
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate . ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ||8-26||
The bright and the dark paths of the world are verily thought to be eternal; by the one (the bright path) a man goes not to return and by the other (the dark path) he returns.
In simple words
Krishna summarizes: "These two paths — the bright and the dark — have existed since the beginning. One leads to no return. The other leads back to this world."
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