Shloka 24
Brahmā’s Day, the Four Pralayas, and the Supreme Shelter Beyond Cause–Effect
दीपश्चक्षुश्च रूपं च ज्योतिषो न पृथग् भवेत् । एवं धी: खानि मात्राश्च न स्युरन्यतमादृतात् ॥ २४ ॥
dīpaś cakṣuś ca rūpaṁ ca jyotiṣo na pṛthag bhavet evaṁ dhīḥ khāni mātrāś ca na syur anyatamād ṛtāt
প্ৰদীপ, সেই প্ৰদীপৰ পোহৰত দেখা চকু আৰু দেখা ৰূপ—এই তিনোটাই মূলত অগ্নিতত্ত্বৰ পৰা পৃথক নহয়। তেনেদৰে বুদ্ধি, ইন্দ্ৰিয় আৰু ইন্দ্ৰিয়বিষয় পৰম সত্যৰ পৰা আলাদা অস্তিত্ব নহয়; তথাপি সেই পৰম তত্ত্ব সিহঁতৰ পৰা সম্পূৰ্ণ ভিন্ন আৰু অতিক্ৰমী।
FAQs
This verse explains that just as lamp, eye, and form rely on light, intelligence, senses, and sense-objects cannot exist independently—everything rests upon the Supreme Reality.
He uses a simple perception-based analogy to show that cognition and experience require an underlying principle; similarly, all faculties of knowing and their objects depend on Bhagavan as the ultimate support.
Recognize that perception and intelligence are not absolute; cultivate humility and devotion by seeing all abilities and experiences as dependent on the Supreme, and use the senses in His service.