यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् ।यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥
yad ādityagataṃ tejo jagad bhāsayate 'khilam |yac candramasi yac cāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam ||
- यत् · yat
- which
- आदित्यगतम् · ādityagatam
- resting in the sun
- तेजः · tejaḥ
- radiance
- जगत् · jagat
- the world
- भासयते · bhāsayate
- illumines
- अखिलम् · akhilam
- entire
- चन्द्रमसि · candramasi
- in the moon
- अग्नौ · agnau
- in fire
- तत् · tat
- that
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- मामकम् · māmakam
- mine
“The radiance in the sun that lights the whole world, and what shines in the moon and in fire — know that radiance to be mine.”
— Original plain-language translation
From the inner self Krishna turns to his presence in outer nature: all light is his borrowed glory. The reader is invited to see divinity in the most ordinary brightness. This begins a four-verse hymn of immanence — Krishna as the powers sustaining the world.
— Reader's notes (original)