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धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।

dhūmo rātris tathā kṛiṣhṇaḥ ṣhaṇ-māsā dakṣhiṇāyanam tatra chāndramasaṁ jyotir yogī prāpya nivartate

• dhūmaḥ - smoke
• rātriḥ - night
• tathā - and
• kṛiṣhṇaḥ - the dark fortnight of the moon
• ṣhaṭ-māsāḥ - six months
• dakṣhiṇa-ayanam - the sun’s southern course
• tatra - there
• chāndra-masam - lunar
• jyotiḥ - light
• yogī - a yogi
• prāpya - attain
• nivartate - comes back
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Translation

Attaining the lunar light through smoke, night time, the dark fortnight, and the six months of the southern path of the sun (the southern solstice), the yogi returns.

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