Shloka 6
Chapter 43: Tumult of Battle-Sounds and the Proliferation of Dvandva
Paired Engagements
न तदभासयते सूर्यो न शशाड्को न पावक:ः । यद् गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद् धाम परमं मम
na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ | yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama ||
That supreme abode of Mine is self-luminous: neither the sun, nor the moon, nor fire can illumine it. Having reached it, beings do not return again to worldly wandering.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest spiritual goal—described as the Lord’s supreme abode—is beyond material sources of light and is self-revealing; attaining it ends the cycle of return to worldly existence.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavadgītā context, a teaching on the ultimate destination is being stated: the speaker identifies a transcendent realm that is not illumined by sun, moon, or fire, and from which there is no return.