Agnir jyotir ahah shuklah shan-masa uttarayanam, tatra prayata gacchanti brahma brahma-vido janah
Those who know the Absolute, who pass away in fire, in light, in the daytime, in the bright fortnight, or in the six months when the sun travels in the northern sky — they go to the Absolute. The path of light (devayana) — associated with fire, day, the bright lunar fortnight, and the northern solstice — leads those who know Brahman to liberation.
- •The path of light (devayana) is associated with fire, day, and the northern course of the sun
- •Those with knowledge of Brahman travel the bright path after death
- •Cosmic and temporal conditions are symbolic markers of consciousness at death