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Bhagavad Gita 15.12

Krishna says the light of the sun, moon and fire is his own radiance.

यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।
यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम्॥

yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate'khilam
yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam

Translation

The brilliance in the sun that lights the whole world, and the brilliance in the moon and in fire, know all of that radiance to be mine.

Hindi

सूर्य में स्थित जो तेज संपूर्ण जगत को प्रकाशित करता है, और जो तेज चंद्रमा में और अग्नि में है, उस सारे तेज को मेरा ही जानो।

Commentary

After speaking of the Self within, Krishna points outward. Every kind of light, from the sun to the moon to fire, is traced to him. The verse trains the reader to see the divine in the most ordinary things, a habit the next three verses continue, beginning with the earth in 15.13.

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