Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga, verse 6
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥
Say itna tad bhāsayate sūryo na śhaśhāṅko na pāvakaḥ
yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama
Translation
Neither does the sun illuminate there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having gone there, they do not return; that is My supreme abode.
Swami Sivananda
Neither the sun nor the moon nor fire illuminates That. That is My supreme Abode, to which they do not return.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
That supreme light, upon reaching which they do not return any more, is Mine; neither the sun nor the moon nor the fire illuminates It.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
The sun does not illuminate That; nor the moon nor the fire; That is My Supreme Abode, having gone to Which they (Yogins) never return.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go there never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my celestial home!
Shri Purohit Swami
उस-(परमपद-) को न सूर्य, न चन्द्र और न अग्नि ही प्रकाशित कर सकती है; और जिसको प्राप्त होकर जीव लौटकर (संसारमें) नहीं आते, वही मेरा परमधाम है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
उसे न सूर्य प्रकाशित कर सकता है और न चन्द्रमा और न अग्नि। जिसे प्राप्त कर मनुष्य पुन: (संसार को) नहीं लौटते हैं, वह मेरा परम धाम है।
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.
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