A Study of the Bhagavadgita :12.7- Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================= ======================================================================== Friday, July 15, 2022. 19:00. Chapter 12: Communing with the Absolute through the Cosmic Tree -7. ========================================================================= Jyotiṣām api taj jyotis (Gita 13.17): It is the light behind all lights. It was mentioned in the context of the Visvarupa Darshana: thousands of suns cannot shine before it. All the brightest lights that you can think of are like shadows cast by that light. Yasya chaya amritam yasya mrityuh, says the Rig Veda: Even immortality and death are shadows cast by the Absolute. God is not to be considered even as immortal because the word 'immortal' is coined from the word 'mortal', so it is not a positive description of God. If mortality is not there, there will be no concept of immortality. Death and deathlessness are both shadows. Being unable to express the na...