BG - 8.24

अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः।।8.24।।

agnir jyotir ahaḥ śhuklaḥ ṣhaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam tatra prayātā gachchhanti brahma brahma-vido janāḥ

• agniḥ - fire
• jyotiḥ - light
• ahaḥ - day
• śhuklaḥ - the bright fortnight of the moon
• ṣhaṭ-māsāḥ - six months
• uttara-ayanam - the sun’s northern course
• tatra - there
• prayātāḥ - departed
• gachchhanti - go
• brahma - Brahman
• brahma-vidaḥ - those who know the Brahman
• janāḥ - persons
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Translation

Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern path of the sun (the northern solstice) departing, then men who know Brahman go to Brahman.

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