Verse 13.18

ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते ।

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् ॥

13.18

Transliteration

jyotiṣāmapi tajjyotistamasaḥ paramucyate |

jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

That, the Light of all lights, is said to be beyond darkness: knowledge, the knowable and the goal of knowledge, seated in the hearts of all.

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Word by word

of lights
even
that
the light
darkness
beyond
is said

knowledge
the knowable
reached by knowledge
in the heart
of all
seated

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Brahman is called the light of all lights and is said to lie beyond darkness. The sun, the moon and fire give light, but the awareness by which they are seen is a deeper light still. Brahman is also knowledge itself, the object of knowledge, and the goal reached through knowledge. These three are normally separate, but here they meet in one. Finally, Brahman is seated in the heart of every being. The vast reality described in the preceding verses is not distant: the one who seeks it carries it within.