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Chapter 13
He equally illuminates the entire world, moving or unmoving (Srimadbha. 10/113/55). In Him, there is no trio of an illuminator, illumination and the illumined.
Tamasah paramueyate:- The Supreme Lord, is entirely beyond darkness or ignorance. It means, that He is totally untainted and detached. Senses, mind, intellect and ego, can be tainted by ignorance and knowledge, but He is beyond ignorance, in the same way as, the sun is beyond the reach of darkness.
Jnanam jneyam jnanagamyam:- God is knowledge Himself, free from ignorance. All beings, receive knowledge from Him. He is worth knowing (knowable), because nothing remains to be known, after knowing him. Worldly knowledge, is no doubt useful, but it is not a must, as it is not perfect in itself. After possessing it, something else remains, to be known. In fact, it is only the Lord, who is to be known certainly. Lord Krsna, in the fifteenth chapter, declares, "I am worth knowing through the Vedas" (15/15) and He who knows Me, knows all" (Gita 15/19).
Virtues, such as absence of pride, freedom from hypocrisy, and non-violence etc., which have been described, from the seventh verse to the eleventh verse of this chapter, have been declared to be (true) knowledge. By that knowledge, renouncing the unreal, the Lord, can be known in reality. So the Lord has been called the goal to be attained by this knowledge.
Hrdi sarvasya visthitam:-Though God pervades everywhere, He is particularly seated, in the hearts of all.
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