Bhagavad Gita · Purushottama YogaChapter 15, Shloka 6 (15.6)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
न तद् भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः
यद् गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद् धाम परमं मम
॥ 15.6 ॥
na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ
yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṃ mama
Translation
"Neither the sun illumines it, nor the moon, nor fire; going there, no one returns — that is my supreme abode."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. tat dhāma tejorūpaṃ padaṃ na bhāsayate sūryaḥ … sarvāvabhāsanaśaktimattve'pi sati — though it has the power to illumine everything, the sun does not illumine that radiant state; yat dhāma vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ.
Acharya Ramanuja — a different reading. tad ātmajyotiḥ na sūryo bhāsayate — here "abode" = the light of the Self; jñānam eva hi sarvasya prakāśakam — knowledge alone illumines everything; bāhyāni tu jyotīṃṣi viṣayendriyasaṃbandhavirodhitamonirasanadvāreṇa upakārakāṇi — outer lights help only by removing darkness.
Shridhara Swami. anena sūryādiprakāśāviṣayatvena jaḍatvaśītoṣṇādidoṣaprasaṅgo nirastaḥ — the meaning of not being illumined by the sun and the rest: it is not inert, and lies beyond the defects of cold and heat.
Madhusudana Saraswati. The order of the reasoning: when the sun sets, there is the moon; when neither is there, fire — ubhayatrāpy anuṣajyate; but that abode is svayaṃprakāśam ādityādisakalajaḍajyotiravabhāsakam — self-luminous, and the illuminator of all the inert lights, the sun and the rest.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.