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Verse 13·18

The light that illuminates all knowledge

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ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस् तमसः परमुच्यते ।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् ॥

jyotiṣāmapi tajjyotis tamasaḥ paramucyatejñānaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam

He is the light of all lights and luminous beyond all the darkness of our ignorance. He is knowledge and the object of knowledge. He is seated in the hearts of all.

Gītā 13·18

This eternal Light is in the heart of every being; it is he who is the secret knower of the field, khetrajña, and presides as the Lord in the heart of things over this province and over all these kingdoms of his manifested becoming and action.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 417

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