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* रात्रिः night
 
* रात्रिः night
 
* कृष्णपक्षः || krsnapaksha (dark half of the lunar month)
 
* कृष्णपक्षः || krsnapaksha (dark half of the lunar month)
* दक्षिणायणम् ॥ Dakshinayana or Southern hemisphere
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* दक्षिणायणम् ॥ Dakshinayana months or Southern hemisphere
 
* पितृलोकं || Pitru loka
 
* पितृलोकं || Pitru loka
 
* आकाशः || Akasha (Sky)
 
* आकाशः || Akasha (Sky)
* सोमः || soma (Moon or the grain of the devatas)
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* सोमः || Soma (Moon or the grain of the devatas)
 
People unable to live a spiritual life, a life of meditation, having no knowledge whatsoever of the higher truths of life, yet have done पुण्यकर्माणि ॥ punya karmas (good deeds) in this world, with सात्विक ॥ satvika thoughts, deeds and charities, दानगुणः ॥ danaguna and who are परहितचिन्तकाः ॥ parahitachintaka (ie.who think of the welfare of others), accumulate the merits equivalent to that obtained by performing great yajnas. Such good people by means of virtue do not go along the path of light. Rather, they go along the Southern Path of Return.<ref name=":4" />
 
People unable to live a spiritual life, a life of meditation, having no knowledge whatsoever of the higher truths of life, yet have done पुण्यकर्माणि ॥ punya karmas (good deeds) in this world, with सात्विक ॥ satvika thoughts, deeds and charities, दानगुणः ॥ danaguna and who are परहितचिन्तकाः ॥ parahitachintaka (ie.who think of the welfare of others), accumulate the merits equivalent to that obtained by performing great yajnas. Such good people by means of virtue do not go along the path of light. Rather, they go along the Southern Path of Return.<ref name=":4" />
  

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