Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 2.12

tāńhāra ańgera śuddha kiraṇa-maṇḍala

upaniṣat kahe tāńre brahma sunirmala

SYNONYMS

tāńhāra — His; ańgera — of the body; śuddha — pure; kiraṇa — of rays; maṇḍala — realm; upaniṣat — the Upaniṣads; kahe — say; tāńre — unto that; brahma — Brahman; su-nirmala — transcendental.

TRANSLATION

What the Upaniṣads call the transcendental, impersonal Brahman is the realm of the glowing effulgence of the same Supreme Person.

PURPORT

Three mantras of the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (2.2.9-11) give information regarding the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They state:

hiraṇmaye pare kośe virajaḿ brahma niṣkalam

tac chubhraḿ jyotiṣāḿ jyotis tad yad ātma-vido viduḥ

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candra-tārakaḿ

nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto 'yam agniḥ

tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaḿ

tasya bhāsā sarvam idaḿ vibhāti

brahmaivedam amṛtaḿ purastād brahma

paścād brahma dakṣiṇataś cottareṇa

adhaś cordhvaḿ ca prasṛtaḿ brahmai-

vedaḿ viśvam idaḿ variṣṭham

"In the spiritual realm, beyond the material covering, is the unlimited Brahman effulgence, which is free from material contamination. That effulgent white light is understood by transcendentalists to be the light of all lights. In that realm there is no need of sunshine, moonshine, fire or electricity for illumination. Indeed, whatever illumination appears in the material world is only a reflection of that supreme illumination. That Brahman is in front and in back, in the north, south, east and west, and also overhead and below. In other words, that supreme Brahman effulgence spreads throughout both the material and spiritual skies."

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