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When there is no darkness, then there is neither day nor night, neither being nor non-being — only the gracious One alone. That is the imperishable, that is the adorable light of Savitṛ, and from it flowed forth the ancient wisdom.
यदाऽतमस्तान्न दिवा न रात्रिः न सन्नचासच्छिव एव केवलः । तदक्षरं तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं प्रज्ञा च तस्मात् प्रसृता पुराणी ॥ १८॥
HinduTeachingGodNirankar (Formless God)Sanskrit
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 4.18Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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SU.4.18
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GodNirankar (Formless God)Reality

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