Bhagavad Gita 8.23 Meaning: Yatra kale

Bhagavad Gita 8.23

यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥

Yatra kale tvanavrittimavrittim chaiva yoginahPrayata yanti tam kalam vakshyami bharatarshabha

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ |prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||

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Our explanation Krishna now says he will describe the times at which yogis who depart do not return, and the times at which they do return.

हिंदी अर्थ अब कृष्ण कहते हैं कि वे बताएँगे कि किस काल में शरीर छोड़ने वाले योगी लौटकर नहीं आते, और किस काल में लौट आते हैं।

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यत्र yatra · in which (indeclinable) Dictionary: yatra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 841, col. 2 “in or to which place, where, wherein”
काले kāle · time (locative singular) Dictionary: 2. kāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 1 “time (as destroying all things), death, time of death”
तु tu · but, now (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but; and; or”
अनावृत्तिम् anāvṛttim · no return (accusative singular (feminine)) Dictionary: an-āvṛtti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 28, col. 3 “non-return to a body, final emancipation”
आवृत्तिम् āvṛttim · return (accusative singular (feminine)) Dictionary: ā-vṛtti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 156, col. 2 “turning back or from, reversion, retreat, flight; recurrence to the same point”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · also, indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
योगिनः yoginaḥ · yogis (nominative plural) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
प्रयाताः prayātāḥ · having departed (past participle, nominative plural) Dictionary: pra-yāta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 688, col. 1 “set out, gone, advanced”
यान्ति yānti · go (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1 “to go, proceed, move, walk, set out”
तम् tam · that (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
कालम् kālam · time (accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. kāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 1 “time (as destroying all things), death, time of death”
वक्ष्यामि vakṣyāmi · will tell (Krishna speaks) (future, 1st person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell, utter, announce, declare”
भरतर्षभ bharatarṣabha · O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna) (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: bharatarṣabha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 3 “the best or a prince (lit. ‘bull’) of the Bh°s”

Bhagavad Gita 8.23: meaning and translation

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