Sanskrit · Devanagari
यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्। यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate.akhilam yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Know that glory (to be) mine which, dwelling in the sun, lights up the whole world, or in the moon or fire.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।15.12।। --,यत् आदित्यगतम् आदित्याश्रयम्। किं तत् तेजः दीप्तिः प्रकाशः जगत् भासयते प्रकाशयति अखिलं समस्तम् यत् चन्द्रमसि शशभृति तेजः अवभासकं वर्तते? यच्च अग्नौ हुतवहे? तत् तेजः विद्धि विजानीहि मामकं मदीयं मम विष्णोः तत् ज्योतिः। अथवा? आदित्यगतं तेजः चैतन्यात्मकं ज्योतिः? यच्चन्द्रमसि? यच्च अग्नौ वर्ततेः तत् तेजः विद्धि मामकं मदीयं मम विष्णोः तत् ज्योतिः।।ननु स्थावरेषु जङ्गमेषु च तत् समानं चैतन्यात्मकं ज्योतिः। तत्र कथम् इदं विशेषणम् -- यदादित्यगतम् इत्यादि। नैष दोषः? सत्त्वाधिक्यात् आविस्तरत्वोपपत्तेः। आदित्यादिषु हि सत्त्वं अत्यन्तप्रकाशम् अत्यन्तभास्वरम् अतः तत्रैव आविस्तरं ज्योतिः इति तत् विशिष्यते? न तु तत्रैव तत् अधिकमिति। यथा हि श्लोके तुल्येऽपि मुखसंस्थाने न काष्ठकुड्यादौ मुखम् आविर्भवति? आदर्शादौ तु स्वच्छे च तारतम्येन आविर्भवति तद्वत्।।किं च --,
1862ff887f8c…Rāmānuja
15.12 That brilliance of the sun and other luminaries which illumines the whole universe - that brilliance belongs to Me. Know that this capacity of illumining is granted to them by Me who have been worshipped severally by them. Sri Krsna states that the power in the earth to support all those that reside on it belongs to Him alone:
eea4167d2d9b…Swami Sivananda
15.12 यत् which? आदित्यगतम् residing in the sun? तेजः light? जगत् the world? भासयते illumines? अखिलम् whole? यत् which? चन्द्रमसि in the moon? यत् which? च and? अग्नौ in the fire? तत् that? तेजः light? विद्धि know? मामकम् Mine.Commentary The immanence of the Lord as the allilluminating light of consciousness is described in this verse.I am the cause and the source of the light by which the sun illumines the world? as also the reflected light of the sun in the moon and that of fire.Tejah Light The light of consciousness.If that is so? an objector says The light of consciousness exists alike in all moving and unmoving objects. Then why has the Lord mentioned this special alification of light as residing in the sun? moon and fire Please explain. We say The higher manifestation of the light of consciousness in the sun? etc.? is due to a large concentration of Sattva in them. Sattva is very brilliant and luminous in them. That is the reason why there is this special alification.Here is an illustration. The face of a man is not at all reflected on a wall? piece of wood or a block of stone? but the same face is reflected beautifully in a very clean mirror. The degree of clearness of the reflection in the mirror is acording to the degree of transparency of the mirror. The more the transparency of the mirror? the better the reflection of the face the less the transparency? the worse the reflection. Even so Gods light shines in the sun and also in the pure heart of a devotee.
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