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le is declared to be the highest goal and for those who reach that goal there is no return, and that is My highest abode"-21
पुरुषः स पर: पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया । यस्यान्तः स्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥ २२ ॥
"Oh Partha, this Supreme Purusha is Tatava attainable by absolute devotion to Him within whom all beings dwell, and who pervades all this."- 22 यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः । प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥२३ ॥
"Oh Best of Bharatas, I will tell you now the conditions which defermine non-return and return of Yogis from a particular Path."23 अगिर्यो तिरहः शुक्लः षणमासा उत्तरायणम् । तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रहा ब्रहाविदो जनाः ॥ २४ ॥
"One Path is that in which are stationed Fire - god and deties presideing over daylight in bright half of Uttarayan. If a Yogi departs during these
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