धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ।तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥ ८-२५॥

dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam । tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ॥ 8-25॥

dhūmo (m. nom. sg.), smoke.

ratris (f. nom. sg.), night.

tatha, thus, so.

kṛṣṇaḥ (m. nom. sg.), the dark lunar fortnight (also the name Krishna, but that is not meant here).

ṣaṇmāsā (m.ln. nom. pl.), six months.

dakṣiṇāyanam (n. nom. sg.), "the right hand going," the southern phase of the sun.

tatra, there, thither.

candramasam (n. acc. sg.), lunar.

jyotis (n. acc. sg.), brightness, light.

yogi (m. nom. sg.), yogin.

prapya (gerundpra yap), attaining, reaching.

nivartate (3rd sg. mid. ni .Jvr:t), he returns, he turns back, he is born again.