Mantra Sixteen
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PURPORT
The Sun and the Sun's rays are one and the same qualitatively. Similarly, the Lord and the living entities are one and the same in quality. The Sun is one, but the molecules of the Sun's rays are innumerable. The Sun's rays constitute part of the Sun; the Sun and the rays conjointly are the complete Sun. Within the Sun planet there is the Sun god, and similarly within the supreme spiritual planet,  Goloka Vṛndavan , from which the effulgent  Brahma-jyoti  is emanating, there is the eternal Lord, as is stated in the  Brahma-saṁhitā :
The transcendental Abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa is the land of touchstones, of which the houses are built, shaded by desire trees. The Lord is engaged there in herding the  surabhi  cows, and is always served and surrounded by thousands of Goddesses of Fortune, who wait upon Him with all respect.
The description of this transcendental Abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa is in the  Brahma-saṁhitā , and the  Brahma-jyoti  is described there as the supreme rays from that planet, just as the Sun's rays come from the Sun globe. Unless one surpasses the  Brahma-jyoti  glare, one cannot have any information of the land of the Lord. The impersonalist philosopher, being blinded by the dazzling  Brahma-jyoti , cannot realize the factual Abode of the Lord, nor His transcendental form. Affected by such a poor fund of knowledge, the thinkers cannot understand the alblissful transcendental form of Lord Kṛṣṇa.  Śrī Īśopaniṣad , therefore, offers this prayer to the Lord to remove the effulgent rays of the  Brahma-jyoti , so that the pure devotee can see His all-blissful transcendental form.
By realization of the impersonal  Brahma-jyoti , one experiences the auspicious aspect of the Supreme; by experience of the