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Verse 8·23

The time of departure and return

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

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttim āvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥprayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha

That time wherein departing Yogins do not return, and also that wherein departing they return, that time shall I declare to thee, O foremost of the Bharatas.

Gītā 8·23

Then there comes a more curious thought which the Gita has adopted from the mystics of the early Vedanta. It gives the different times at which the Yogin has to leave his body according as he wills to seek rebirth or to avoid it.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 299

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