यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥ २३ ॥
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥ २३ ॥
yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ .
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha .. 23 ..
Now, in what time departing, Yogins go to return not, as also to return, that time will I tell thee, O chief of the Bharatas.
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‘In what time’ should be construed with ‘departing;’ ‘To return’ means to be reborn—‘Yogins’ stand for those who are engaged in meditation (i.e., those who are properly called Yogins) as well as for Karmins, i.e., those who are engaged in karma or action. The latter are spoken of as Yogins only by courtesy; and they are so spoken of in iii. 3. I shall tell you, when dying the Yogins are not born again, and when dying they will be born again.
He speaks of that time :