Chapter 15 · Verse 12 · Purushottama Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 15.12
Sanskrit
यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम्।।15.12।।
Transliteration
yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam yach chandramasi yach chāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam
In plain words
When you're in darkness—whether it's the darkness of despair, anxiety, or feeling utterly alone—you believe the light has gone out. Krishna says: the same light that burned in you yesterday, that moves through the sun and moon and every flame, is still burning now, still moving through you, still real. You are not separate from what sustains everything; your capacity to see, to know, to love, to endure is the very light of existence itself.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the ultimate truth: every light that illuminates existence—the sun's radiance, the moon's gentle glow, the fire's sacred flame—flows from his infinite consciousness alone. These are not separate powers but expressions of one divine source, the Purushottama who sustains all creation.
When you recognize the light within your own awareness as the same light dancing through every star and flame, you understand that separation itself is illusion, and this recognition becomes the gateway to liberation.
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Bhagavad Gita 15.12 — BG 15.12
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