Kṛṣṇa describes the ‘Path of Darkness’ (Pitṛyāna). If a person passes away during smoke, at night, during the waning moon, or during the six months when the sun travels in the south, they reach the moon planet but eventually must return to earth. These elements—Smoke, Night, the Waning Moon, and the Southern Sun—represent a lack of clarity and a lingering attachment to material results. This path leads to ‘Swarga’, or the temporary heavenly regions, where the soul enjoys the fruits of its pious deeds. Once the ‘credits’ are used up, the soul falls back into the world of birth and death. This is the destination of the ‘good person’ who is not yet a ‘liberated person’. They are still caught in the system of reward and punishment. Kṛṣṇa is warning Arjuna that even the most glorious material success or a trip to heaven is still a temporary state that ends in ‘nivartate’—returning to the struggle.