Shloka 8
Adhyaya 60 — Descriptions of Kimpurusha-varsha, Hari-varsha, Ilavrita (Meru-varsha), Ramyaka, and Hiranyamaya
लभन्ते नात्मलाभञ्च रश्मयश्चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ।
नक्षत्राणां ग्रहाणाञ्च मेरॊस्तत्र परा द्युतिः ॥
labhante nātma-lābhaṃ ca raśmayaś candra-sūryayoḥ | nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāñ ca meros tatra parā dyutiḥ ||
तत्र चन्द्रसूर्ययोः किरणा न पूर्णं प्रभावं प्राप्नुवन्ति, न च नक्षत्रग्रहाणाम्; यतो मेरोर् तेजः तत्र परमं विराजते।
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FAQs
All secondary lights are relativized before the ‘supreme radiance’ of the cosmic center. As an ethical metaphor: derivative authorities dim before the highest principle (dharma/brahman), encouraging discernment of the ultimate source.
Cosmographic ordering (sarga/pratisarga framework): hierarchical arrangement of cosmic luminaries and the central mountain’s exceptional status.
Meru’s superior radiance can symbolize the inner ‘central light’ of consciousness, before which sensory/mental ‘luminaries’ (changing phenomena) lose dominance.