XIV

They (the wise) perceive that indescribable highest bliss,
saying, This is That. How am I to know It? Does It shine (by
Its own light) or does It shine (by reflected light)?


XV

The sun does not shine there, nor the moon, nor the stars; nor do
these lightnings shine there, much less this fire. When He
shines, everything shines after Him; by His light all is lighted.




Part Sixth



I

This ancient Aswattha tree has its root above and branches below.
That is pure, That is Brahman, That alone is called the Immortal.
All the worlds rest in That. None goes beyond That. This verily
is That.

This verse indicates the origin of the tree of creation (the Samsara-Vriksha),
which is rooted above in Brahman, the Supreme, and sends its branches downward
into the phenomenal world. Heat and cold, pleasure and pain, birth and death,