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Chapter 13
Link:- In the previous verse, the Lord said that He who is worth knowing, is the creator, sustainer and destroyer of the entire universe. In the next verse, it is explained that He is the light of all lights.
jyotisamapi tajjyotistamasah paramucyate
jnanam jneyam jnanagamyam hrdi sarvasya visthitam
That supreme soul is said to be, the light of all lights, entirely beyond darkness (ignorance). He is knowledge (jnana), the knowable (jiieya) the goal of knowledge and is vested in the hearts of all. 17
Comment:-
Jyotisamapi tajjyotih:- The sun, the moon, the stars, fire and electricity, are illuminators (light), of physical objects. The five sense-organs—ear, eye, skin, tongue and nose are, me illuminators (light) of sound, sight (colour), touch, taste and smell. The sense-organs can perceive the objects of sense, if the mind, remains with them. So mind, is the light (illuminator) of senses. Similarly, intellect is the light of the mind, as it guides and distinguishes, the real from the unreal. Self is the light of the intellect, because if a man does not attach importance, to the real and does not translate reality into practice, there is not much utility, of intellectual knowledge. The self is a fragment of the Lord, and so He is the light (Illuminator), of the self. So He is the light of all lights, and is self-effulgent but He is illuminated by, none.
As an examinee, can see other examinees who are sitting on the front benches, but cannot see those, who are sitting at his back, similarly ego and intellect etc., can perceive mind and senses etc., but cannot perceive God, Who sees all of them, Who is their illuminator and Who is not illuminated by, anyone.
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