ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते ।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् ॥
jyotiṣām api taj jyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate |jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ jñāna-gamyaṃ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam ||
- ज्योतिषाम् अपि · jyotiṣām api
- even of lights
- ज्योतिः · jyotiḥ
- the light
- तमसः परम् · tamasaḥ param
- beyond darkness
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is said to be
- ज्ञानगम्यम् · jñāna-gamyam
- reached by knowledge
- हृदि · hṛdi
- in the heart
- सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् · sarvasya viṣṭhitam
- seated in all, abiding in everyone
“The light even of lights, said to stand beyond darkness — knowledge itself, the knowable, reached by knowledge, seated in the heart of all.”
— Original plain-language translation
Light beyond every lamp: the verse gathers knower, known, and knowing into one heart-seated reality. 'Beyond darkness' echoes the Shvetashvatara Upanishad; the Gita places that light within reach — in the heart, not the sky.
— Reader's notes (original)