शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।
एकया यात्यनावृत्तिम् अन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥ २६ ॥
sukla-light; krsne-darkness; gati-passing away; hi-certainly; ete-all these; jagatah-of the material world; sasvate-the Vedas; mate-in the opinion; ekaya-by one; yati-goes; anavrttim-no return; anyaya-by the other; avartate-comes back; punah-again.
According to the Vedas, there are two ways of passing from this world-one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns.
The same description of departure and return is quoted by Acarya Baladeva Vidyabhusana from the Chandogya Upanisad. In such a way, those who are fruitive laborers and philosophical speculators from time immemorial are constantly going and coming. Actually they do not attain ultimate salvation, for they do not surrender to Krsna.