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dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam . tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate
煙、黑夜、以及暗月半期和太陽南行之六個月——循此道而逝的瑜伽士（Yogi），抵達月光後，將復返輪迴。
Smoke, night, as also the dark fortnight and the six months of the Southern solstice-following this Path the yogi having reached the lunar light, returns.
此乃「祖先道」（Pitriyana），亦即黑暗之道，或祖先之路，通往再生。那些為求回報而向神祇獻祭並行善者，循此道前往月界（Chandraloka），待其「業」（Karma）果報耗盡後，便會重返此世。煙、黑夜、暗月半期以及太陽南行之六個月，皆為掌管它們的神祇。它們可能象徵著無明、執著與情慾的程度。循此道而行，無有光明。此道因無明而達致，故被稱為黑暗或煙霧之道。
This is the Pitriyana or the path of darkness or the path of the ancestors which leads to rirth. Those who do sacrifices to the gods and other charitable works with expectation of reward go to the Chandraloka through this path and come back to this world when the fruits of the Karmas are exhausted.Smoke? night time? the dark fortnight and the six months of the southern solstice are all deities who preside over them. They may denote the degree of ignorance? attachment and passion. There are smoke and darkcoloured objects throughout the course. There is no illumination when one passes along this path. It is reached by ignorance. Hence it is called the path of darkness or smoke.