Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga, verse 12
यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।
यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥
Say ityad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam
yach chandramasi yach chāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam
Translation
That light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the fire—know that light to be Mine.
Swami Sivananda
That light in the sun which illuminates the whole world, that which is in the moon, and that which is in fire—know that light to be Mine.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Know that the brilliance which illumines the whole universe in the sun, the moon, and fire is Mine.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
That light which is found in the sun, which is in the moon, and which is also in fire—illuminating the entire world—know that light to be of Mine.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Remember that the light which proceeds from the sun, illuminating the whole world, and the light which is in the moon, and that which is in the fire, all are born of me.
Shri Purohit Swami
सूर्यमें आया हुआ जो तेज सम्पूर्ण जगत् को प्रकाशित करता है और जो तेज चन्द्रमामें है तथा जो तेज अग्निमें है, उस तेजको मेरा ही जान।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो तेज सूर्य में स्थित होकर सम्पूर्ण जगत् को प्रकाशित करता है तथा जो तेज चन्द्रमा में है और अग्नि में है, उस तेज को तुम मेरा ही जानो।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.