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Chapter 13
Link:—In the preceding verse, the Lord explained that the Self is not tainted i.e., the Self is not an enjoyer. In the next verse, He will explain, how the Self is not a doer.
yatha prakmayatyekah krtsnam lokamimatir ravih
ksetrarim ksetri tatha krtsnam prakasayati bharata
O scion of the Bharata (Arjuna), as the one sun, illumines the entire universe, so does the Lord of the Kgetra (spirit) light up, the whole Ksetra (field). 33
Comment:-
Yatha prakaiayatyekah krtsnam lokatuimatit ravih:- One sun, illumines the entire universe, and all activities are performed in its light, but it has no feeling of doership. A learned Brahmana, studies the Vedas in the light of the sun, while a hunter shoots animals in the same light, but the light is not held responsible, for the study of the Vedas or for hunting.
Here the term 'Loka', stands for the entire universe (fourteen worlds), because all objects (moon, stars, fire, jewels and herbs etc.) are, illumined by the sun.
Kgetram kgetri tatha krtsnam praka£ayati bharata:- Like the sun, one Kgetri (Ksetrajna or spirit), illumines the entire field (bodies) i.e., all actions are performed in the light of the spirit (self), yet the self, neither performs actions nor, does it cause them to be performed.
The sun, illumines the gross universe only i.e., actions of the gross universe, are performed in the light of the sun, while the self (spirit), illumines the gross, subtle and causal, all the three kinds of bodies, i.e., in its light, all actions of the three kinds of bodies, are performed.
As the sun, has no pride of doership of illumining the entire universe, nor is it tainted by the evil of partiality, the self also remains untainted, unattached, impartial and uniform, without having a pride of doership of infusing the light of life, and activity into the entire universe. It is the self, which is the base and illuminator, of all actions, things and appearances etc., because, nothing can exist without a base, and nothing can be illumined, without an illuminator.
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