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यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम्।।15.12।।

yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam yach chandramasi yach chāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 15, Verse 12
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
That light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the fire - know that light to be Mine.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the radiance of the sun that illuminates the whole world, that in the moon, and that in fire, know that radiance to be Krishna's, returning briefly to natural imagery, light in its various forms, as a way of locating the sacred within ordinary, visible phenomena.

In life: something genuinely meaningful or sacred doesn't have to be located somewhere exotic or hidden, it can be recognized within the most ordinary, visible things you already encounter constantly, sunlight, warmth, everyday illumination.

Teaching: practice noticing something genuinely meaningful within an extremely ordinary, visible phenomenon today, sunlight through a window, warmth from a fire, rather than assuming meaning only lives in rare or exotic experiences.

yatwhich
āditya-gatamin the sun
tejaḥbrilliance
jagatsolar system
bhāsayateilluminates
akhilamentire
yatwhich
chandramasiin the moon
yatwhich
chaalso
agnauin the fire
tatthat
tejaḥbrightness
viddhiknow
māmakammine

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
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.