Shloka 12
Chapter 43: Tumult of Battle-Sounds and the Proliferation of Dvandva
Paired Engagements
सम्बन्ध-- छठे श्लोकपर दो शंकाएँ होती हैं-पहली यह कि सबके प्रकाशक सूर्य
yad ādityagataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam | yac candramasi yac cāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam ||
住于太阳而照耀一切世界的光辉，以及在月中与火中之光辉——当知那光辉即是我的光辉。
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
All illuminating power in the cosmos—sunlight, moonlight, and fire—is ultimately the Lord’s own tejas. The verse teaches divine immanence: natural forces are instruments or expressions of the one supreme Reality, not independent ultimate causes.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s battlefield instruction to Arjuna, the teaching turns to identifying the Lord’s presence in the world. Here, the Lord answers why even great luminous bodies cannot ‘reveal’ the Supreme as an object: their very capacity to shine is derived from Him.