Shloka 2
Sanatsujāta on the Imperceptible Eternal Light (यत्तच्छुक्रं महज्ज्योतिः)
शुक्राद् ब्रह्म प्रभवति ब्रह्म शुक्रेण वर्धते । तच्छुक्रे ज्योतिषां मध्येडतप्तं तपति तापनम् | योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति भगवन्तं सनातनम्
sanatsujāta uvāca | śukrād brahma prabhavati brahma śukreṇa vardhate | tacchukre jyotiṣāṁ madhye 'taptam tapati tāpanam | yoginas taṁ prapaśyanti bhagavantaṁ sanātanam ||
Sanatsujāta sprach: „Aus śukra (dem zeugenden Samen) geht Brahman hervor, und durch dieses śukra wird Brahman getragen und wächst. In eben diesem Samen—mitten unter allen Lichtern—ist die Wärme spendende Strahlkraft: sie selbst verbrennt nicht, und doch lässt sie alles leuchten und wärmt es; sie ist das innere Licht der Sonne und jedes Leuchtkörpers. Die Yogins schauen diesen ewigen Herrn unmittelbar: die selbstleuchtende, immer reine Wirklichkeit.“
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to an eternal, self-luminous Reality that is present as the inner light within all sources of light. Though it illumines and ‘heats’ everything, it remains untouched (ataptam). Yogic realization is described as direct perception of this eternal Lord/Brahman beyond ordinary sensory light.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in response to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s spiritual doubts) on the nature of the highest Reality. Here he uses imagery of seed, light, and heat to describe Brahman as the inner principle that sustains manifestation and is directly realized by yogins.