Shloka 41
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
न चास्ये न च तज्जिह्वा ताम्रोष्ठादिभिरुच्यते ।
इन्द्रोऽपि वसवो ब्रह्मा चन्द्रार्कौ ज्योतिरेव च ॥
na cāsye na ca taj-jihvā tāmroṣṭhādibhir ucyate | indro 'pi vasavo brahmā candrārkau jyotir eva ca ||
Aquí no hay «boca», ni tampoco «lengua» como se habla de labios rojos y cosas semejantes (pues no puede predicarse aparato corporal alguno de esa realidad suprema). Incluso Indra, los Vasus, Brahmā, y la Luna y el Sol, en ese respecto, no son sino luz solamente (resplandor derivado).
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FAQs
Ultimate reality cannot be reduced to physical imagery; even the greatest gods are secondary manifestations. Ethically, it discourages superficial literalism and supports a deeper, more contemplative devotion.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit; it is a doctrinal/theological passage that can undergird any creation or deity-hierarchy account by asserting a supreme source beyond form.
By negating mouth/tongue, the hymn points beyond articulated mantra to its silent source; ‘all are light’ suggests that deities and luminaries are rays of the one Śakti-consciousness.