na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ
yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṃ mama
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yat [
padam]
(that abode to which) gatvā (after going)
[
te]
(they) na nivartante (they do not return),
sūryaḥ (Sun) tat [
padam]
(that abode) na bhāsayate (it does not illuminate),
śaśāṅkaḥ (Moon) [
tat padam]
(that abode) na [
bhāsayate]
(it does not illuminate),
pāvakaḥ (fire) [
tat padam]
(that abode) na [
bhāsayate]
(it does not illuminate),
tat (that) mama (my) paramam dhāma (the supreme abode) [
asti]
(it is).
na |
– |
av. – not; |
tat |
– |
tat sn. 2n.1 n. – that; |
bhāsayate |
– |
√bhās (to shine, to be bright) caus. Praes. Ā 1v.1 – it causes to shine, it illuminates; |
sūryaḥ |
– |
sūrya 1n.1 m. – Sun; |
na |
– |
av. – not; |
śaśāṅkaḥ |
– |
śaśa-aṅka 1n.1 m.; BV: yasyāṅkaḥ śaśo ‘sti saḥ – rabbit-marked, Moon (from: śaśa – rabbit, hare; aṅka – sign, line, mark); |
na |
– |
av. – not; |
pāvakaḥ |
– |
pāvaka 1n.1 m. – pure, fire (from: √pū – to purify); |
yat |
– |
yat sn. 2n.1 n. – which; |
gatvā |
– |
√gam (to go) absol. – after going; |
na |
– |
av. – not; |
nivartante |
– |
ni-√vṛt (to stop, to turn back) Praes. Ā 1v.3 – they return; |
tat |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 n. – that; |
dhāma |
– |
dhāman 1n.1 n. – abode, house, state, majesty, splendour (from: √dhā – to put); |
paramam |
– |
parama 1n.1 n. – supreme, the highest (superlative of: para – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme); |
mama |
– |
asmat sn. 6n.1 – my; |
na tad → na yad (whoich not);
na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ →
na śaśī na ca pāvakaḥ (not the Moon nor fire);
nivartante →
nivarteta (he would return);
The third and fourth pada of verse 15.6 ar similar to the third and fourth pada of verse BhG 8.21;
tad eva padaṃ punar viśeṣyate—
tat dhāmeti vyavahitena dhāmnā saṃbadhyate | tad dhāma tejo-rūpaṃ padaṃ na bhāsayate sūrya ādityaḥ sarvāvabhāsana-śaktimattve’pi sati | tathā na śaśāṅkaś candraḥ, na pāvako nāgnir api | yad dhāma vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ gatvā prāpya na nivartante, yac ca sūryādir na bhāsayate, tad dhāma padaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇor mama padam
tad atmajyotir na sūryo bhāsayate, na śaśāṅkaḥ, na pāvakaś ca / jñānam eva hi sarvasya prakāśakam; bāhyāni tu jyotīṃṣi viṣayendriyasaṃbandhavirodhitamonirasanadvāreṇopakārakāṇi / asya ca prakāśako yogaḥ / tadvirodhi cānādikarma / tannivartanaṃ coktaṃ bhagavatprapattimūlam asaṅgādi / yad gatvā punar na nivartante, tat paramaṃ dhāma paraṃ jyotiḥ mama madīyam; madvibhūtibhūtaḥ mamāṃśa ityarthaḥ / ādityādīnām api prakāśakatvena tasya paramatvam / ādityādīni hi jyotīṃṣi na jñānajyotiṣaḥ prakāśakāni; jñānam eva sarvasya prakāśakam
tad eva gantavyaṃ padaṃ viśinaṣṭi na tad iti | tat padaṃ sūryādayo na prakāśayanti | yat prāpya na nivartante yoginaḥ | tad dhāma svarūpaṃ paramaṃ mama | anena sūryādi-prakāśa-viṣayatvena jaḍatva-śītoṣṇādi-doṣa-prasaṅgo nirastaḥ
tad eva gantavyaṃ padaṃ viśinaṣṭi na tad iti | yad vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ gatvā yogino na nivartante tat padaṃ sarvāvabhāsana-śaktimān api sūryo na bhāsayate | sūryāsta-maye ‚pi candro bhāsako dṛṣṭa ity āśaṅkyāha na śaśāṅkaḥ | sūryācandramasor ubhayor apy asta-maye ‚gniḥ prakāśako dṛṣṭa ity āśaṅkyāha na pāvakaḥ | bhāsayata ity ubhayatrāpy anuṣajyate | kutaḥ sūryādīnāṃ tatra prakāśanāsāmarthyam ity ata āha tad dhāma jyotiḥ svayaṃ-prakāśam ādiyādi-sakala-jaḍa-jyotir-avabhāsakaṃ paramaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ mama viṣṇoḥ svarūpātmakaṃ padam | na hi yo yad-bhāsyaḥ sa svabhāsakaṃ taṃ bhāsayitum īṣṭe | tathā ca śrutiḥ –
na tatra sūryo bhāti na candra-tārakaṃ
nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto ‚yam agniḥ |
tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaṃ
tasya bhāsā sarvam idaṃ vibhāti || [KaṭhU 2.2.15] iti |
etena tat padaṃ vedyaṃ na vā, ādye vedya-bhinna-veditṛ-sāpekṣatvena dvaitāpattir dvitīye sva-puruṣārthatvāpattir ity apāstam | avedyatve saty api svayam aparokṣatvāt tatrāvedyatvaṃ sūryādy-abhāsyatvenātroktaṃ, sarva-bhāsakatvena tu svayam aparokṣatvaṃ yad āditya-gataṃ teja ity atra vakṣyati | evam ubhābhyāṃ ślokābhyāṃ śruter dalad-vacaṃ vyākhyātam iti draṣṭavyam
tat padam eva kīdṛśam ity apekṣāyām āha na tad iti | auṣṇya-śaityādi-duḥkha-rahitaṃ tat sva-prakāśam iti bhāvaḥ | tan mama paramaṃ dhāma sarvotkṛṣṭam ajaḍam atīndriyaṃ tejaḥ sarva-prakāśakam | yad uktaṃ hari-vaṃśe —
tat paraṃ paramaṃ brahma sarvaṃ vibhajate jagat |
mamaiva tad ghanaṃ tejo jñātum arhasi bhārata || [HV 2.114.12] iti |
na tatra sūryo bhāti na candra-tārakaṃ
nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto ‚yam agniḥ |
tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaṃ
tasya bhāsā sarvam idaṃ vibhāti || iti [KaṭhU 2.2.15] śrutibhyaś ca
gantavyaṃ padaṃ viśiṣyan paricāyayati na tad iti | prapannā yad gatvā yato na nivartante | tan mamaiva dhāma svarūpaṃ paramaṃ śrīmat | sarvāvabhāsakā api sūryādayas tan na bhāsayanti prakāśayanti | na tatra sūryo bhāti ity ādi-śruteś ca | sūryādibhir aprakāśyas teṣāṃ prakāśakaḥ sva-prakāśaka-cid-vigraho lakṣmīpatir aham eva pada-śabda-bodhyaḥ prapannair labhya ity arthaḥ