Bhagavad Gita 15.12 Meaning: Yadadityagatam tejo

Bhagavad Gita 15.12

यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् ।यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥

Yadadityagatam tejo jagadbhasayatekhilamYachchandramasi yachchagnau tattejo viddhi mamakam

yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate’khilam |yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam ||

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Our explanation The light in the sun that lights the whole world, Krishna says, and the light in the moon and in fire, know that light to be his. Telang's note links this verse back to verse 6.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि सूर्य में जो तेज पूरे जगत को प्रकाशित करता है, और जो तेज चंद्रमा और अग्नि में है, उस तेज को उनका ही जानो। तेलंग की टिप्पणी इस श्लोक को श्लोक 6 से जोड़ती है।

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यत् yat · which (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
आदित्यगतम् ādityagatam · present in the sun (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. āditya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 137, col. 2 “especially of Sūrya (the sun)”; gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone to any state or condition”
तेजः tejaḥ · light, radiance (nominative singular) Dictionary: tejas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 2 “glow, glare, splendour, brilliance, light, fire”
जगत् jagat · the world (accusative singular) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”
भासयते bhāsayate · lights up (causative present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 756, col. 1 “to make shine, illuminate”
अखिलम् akhilam · whole, entire (accusative singular) Dictionary: a-khila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 4, col. 2 “without a gap, complete, whole”
यत् yat · which (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
चन्द्रमसि candramasi · in the moon (locative singular) Dictionary: candra-mas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 387, col. 2 “the moon, deity of the moon”
यत् yat · which (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अग्नौ agnau · in fire (locative singular) Dictionary: agni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 5, col. 1 “fire; sacrificial fire”
तत् tat · that (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
तेजः tejaḥ · light, radiance (accusative singular) Dictionary: tejas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 2 “glow, glare, splendour, brilliance, light, fire”
विद्धि viddhi · know (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
मामकम् māmakam · as "mine" (Krishna's) (accusative singular) Dictionary: māmaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 810, col. 3 “my, mine”

1 printing differs

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: यदादित्यगत तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् ।
यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥ The print has no anusvara on गत (यदादित्यगत तेजो); corrected to यदादित्यगतं, because the word agrees with the neuter तेजः ('the light that is in the sun') and needs the ending -ṃ. Both proofreading references read यदादित्यगतं.

Cf. Maitrî-upanishad, p. 142. This sentence continues what has been stated at the top of the page. The intervening portion explains how souls do come back in some cases. As a general rule, 'all going ends in returning.' But the soul is an exception in some cases, as the 'going' to the Brahman is going to the fountain-head. Then the question arises, How does the severance come off at all? And that is what the lines up to this explain. ↩

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