Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 8: The Imperishable Absolute

Bhagavad Gita 8.24

agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam | tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ||

Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the sun's northern course: departing then, those who know Brahman go to Brahman.

Modern context

The bright path is described in a chain of images: fire, light, day, the waxing moon, the months when the sun moves north. Each image is brighter and longer than the last. The point is a direction: toward increasing light. Read inwardly, it describes a life that has grown steadily clearer, more awake, more open. Those who know Brahman travel this path because they have already been walking it all their lives.