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ऑपन--माज बछ। डे षट्चत्वारिशो5 ध्याय: परमात्माके स्वरूपका वर्णन और योगीजनोंके द्वारा उनके साक्षात्कारका प्रतिपादन सनत्सुजात उवाच यत् तच्छुक्रे महज्ज्योतिर्दीप्यमानं महद् यशः । तद् वै देवा उपासते तस्मात् सूर्यो विराजते । योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति भगवन्तं सनातनम्,सनत्सुजातजी कहते हैं--राजन्! जो शुद्ध ब्रह्म है, वह महान् ज्योतिर्मय, देदीप्यमान एवं विशाल यशरूप है। सब देवता उसीकी उपासना करते हैं। उसीके प्रकाशसे सूर्य प्रकाशित होते हैं, उस सनातन भगवान्का योगीजन साक्षात्कार करते हैं
sanatsujāta uvāca | yat tac chukre mahaj jyotir dīpyamānaṃ mahad yaśaḥ | tad vai devā upāsate tasmāt sūryo virājate | yoginas taṃ prapaśyanti bhagavantaṃ sanātanam |
Sanatsujāta said: “O King, that pure Brahman is a vast, radiant Light—self-luminous and of great glory. The gods worship That alone; by Its splendor the sun itself shines forth. The yogins behold that eternal Lord directly.”
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Supreme Reality (pure Brahman) is self-luminous and the ultimate source of all brilliance and glory; even the sun shines by Its power. True yogins can directly realize this eternal Lord through inner vision and disciplined contemplation.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, the sage Sanatsujāta instructs the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) on the highest spiritual truth. Here he begins by describing Brahman as the supreme light worshipped by the gods and directly perceived by yogins.