Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8/Verse 25

मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम् ।

नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः ॥८- १५॥

dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam ।

tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ॥8- 25॥

Thus, smoke, nighttime, the dark lunar fortnight, the six months of the southern phase of the sun, there the yogin having attained lunar light, returns.


dhūmas (masculine, nominative, singular) = smoke 

rātris (feminine, nominative, singular) = nighttime  

tathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus

kṛṣṇas (masculine, nominative, singular) = the dark lunar fortnight (full moon to new moon)

ṣaṇmāsās (masculine, nominative, plural) = six months 

dakṣiṇāyanam (neuter, nominative, singular) = the southern phase of the sun (from summer solstice to winter solstice)  

tatra (adverb) (indeclinable) = there

cāndramasam (neuter, accusative, singular) = lunar

jyotis (neuter, accusative, singular) = light

yogī (masculine, nominative, singular) = yogin

prāpya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having attained  

nivartate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one returns