न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः ।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ६ ॥
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ६ ॥
na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ .
yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama .. 6 ..
That the sun illumines not, nor the moon, nor fire; That is My Supreme Abode, to which having gone none return.
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The sun, though possessed of the power of illumining all, does not illumine that Abode, the Abode of Light. That Abode to which having gone none return, and which the sun and other (luminous bodies) do not illumine, is the Highest Abode of Viṣṇu.
Jiva is a ray of the Lord.
It has been said ’to which having gone none return.’ But, as everybody knows, going ultimately leads to returning, union to disunion. How can it be said that there is no returning of those who have reached that Abode?—Listen; how that may be is thus explained: