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Bhagavad Gita 15.6

The supreme abode is lit by no sun, moon or fire, and those who reach it do not return.

न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम॥

na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ
yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama

Translation

Neither the sun nor the moon nor fire lights that place. Those who go there do not return. That is my supreme abode.

Hindi

उस स्थान को न सूर्य प्रकाशित करता है, न चंद्रमा, न अग्नि। जहाँ पहुँचकर लोग नहीं लौटते, वही मेरा परम धाम है।

Commentary

The supreme abode needs no outside light, because it is itself the light by which everything else shines. Krishna calls it "my" abode, which shows that the goal and the teacher are one. The same idea of non-return runs through 15.4 and leads into the teaching about the individual soul in 15.7.

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