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moonlight. Bhagavad-gita confirms that in the spiritual world there is no
need of sunlight, moonlight or electricity. The Upanisads also confirm
this; because the bodily luster of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is
sufficient to illuminate the spiritual world, there is no need of sunlight,
moonlight or any other light or electricity. This self-illumination also
contradicts the theory that the spirit soul or the spiritual consciousness
develops at a certain point in material combination. The term svayam-
jyoti indicates that there is no tinge of anything material or any material
reaction. It is confirmed here that the concept of the Lord’s all-pervasiveness
is due to His illumination everywhere. We have experience that the
sun is situated in one place, but the sunlight is diffused all around
for millions and millions of miles. That is our practical experience.
Similarly, although the supreme light is situated in His personal abode,
Vaikuntha or Vrndavana, His light is diffused not only in the spiritual
world but beyond that. In the material world also, that light is reflected
to the sun globe, and the sunlight is reflected by the moon globe. Thus
although He is situated in His own abode, His light is distributed all over
the spiritual and material worlds. The Brahma-samhita confirms this (Bs.
5.37). Goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah: He is living in Goloka, but
still He is present all over the creation. He is the Supersoul of everything,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He has innumerable transcen-
dental qualities. It is also concluded that although He is undoubtedly a
person, He is not a purusa of this material world. Mayavadi philosophers
cannot understand that beyond this material world there can be a person;
therefore they are impersonalists. But it is explained very nicely here that
the Personality of Godhead is beyond material existence.
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a Uy Taft ant Sat gore fea: |
Test =| | SSA II
sa esa prakrtim siiksmam
daiwvim gunamayim vibhuh
yadrcchayaivopagatam
abhyapadyata lilaya

sah esah—that same Supreme Personality of Godhead; prakrtim— material
energy; siksmam—subtle; daivim—related to Visnu; guna-mayim—invested
with the three modes of material nature; vibhuh—the greatest of the great;
