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There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine—how then this fire? When he shines, everything shines after him; by his light all this shines.
न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः । तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति ॥ १०॥
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Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.10Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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