10th March, 1938

Talk 468.

As Sri Bhagavan was going out, the following Vedic chant was heard from a hut: Antaraditya manasa jvalantam - Brahmana vindat. Sri Bhagavan drew our attention to it and remarked:-
In the Taittriya Upanishad also, He is said to be made of gold, etc. What does it all mean? Although the sun and the other luminaries are said to be self luminous, yet they do not shine forth of themselves but they shine by the light of the Supreme Being. (na tatra

suryo. . vibhati). So long as they are said to be separate from Brahman their `Self-luminosity' is the luminosity of Brahman. All these mantras mentioning the sun, etc., speak only of Brahman.

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