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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.34

యథా హి భానోరుదయో నృచక్షుషాం తమో నిహన్యాన్న తు సద్ విధత్తే । ఏవం సమీక్షా నిపుణా సతీ మే హన్యాత్తమిస్రం పురుషస్య బుద్ధే: ॥ ౩౪ ॥
yathā hi bhānor udayo nṛ-cakṣuṣāṁ
[yathaa hi bhaanor udayo nri-chakshushaam]
tamo nihanyān na tu sad vidhatte
[tamo nihanyaan na tu sad vidhatte]
evaṁ samīkṣā nipuṇā satī me
[evam sameekshaa nipunaa satee me]
hanyāt tamisraṁ puruṣasya buddheḥ
[hanyaat tamisram purushasya buddheh]
yathā — as hi — indeed bhānoḥ — of the sun udayaḥ — the rising nṛ — human cakṣuṣām — of eyes tamaḥ — the darkness nihanyāt — destroys na — not tu — but sat — objects that exist vidhatte — creates evam — similarly samīkṣā — full realization nipuṇā — potent satī — true me — of Me hanyāt — destroys tamisram — the darkness puruṣasya — of a person buddheḥ — in the intelligence.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā hi bhānor udayo nṛ-cakṣuṣāṁ
yathā
as
hi
indeed
bhānoḥ
of the sun
udayaḥ
the rising
nṛ
human
cakṣuṣām
of eyes
tamo nihanyān na tu sad vidhatte
tamaḥ
the darkness
nihanyāt
destroys
na
not
tu
but
sat
objects that exist
vidhatte
creates
evaṁ samīkṣā nipuṇā satī me
evam
similarly
samīkṣā
full realization
nipuṇā
potent
satī
true
me
of Me
hanyāt tamisraṁ puruṣasya buddheḥ
hanyāt
destroys
tamisram
the darkness
puruṣasya
of a person
buddheḥ
in the intelligence.
When the sun rises it destroys the darkness covering men’s eyes, but it does not create the objects they then see before them, which in fact were existing all along. Similarly, potent and factual realization of Me will destroy the darkness covering a person’s true consciousness.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the sun rises, it destroys the darkness covering men’s eyes, but it does not create the eye, which in fact was existent all along. Similarly, my vidyā-śakti will destroy the covering on knowledge for a person realizing ātmā. When one realizes that ātmā always exists, one is simply aware of it and when one does not realize ātmā, one is not aware of it. When the sun rises objects are revealed and when the sun sets objects are hidden. The sun destroys the covering of darkness for the eye but does not create the eye, since the eye always existed as the same dear object. Fixed knowledge, my vidyā-śakti, destroys the covering on knowledge for the person endowed with knowledge of ātmā.
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