Bhagavad Gita 8.9 · Krishna
Brighter than the sun, beyond darkness
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार-
मणोरणीयंसमनुस्मरेद्यः।
सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप-
मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्॥
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāraṃ aṇoraṇīyaṃsamanusmaredyaḥsarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpaṃ ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt
Meditate on the all-knowing, the ancient, the ruler, smaller than the smallest, sustainer of all, sun-coloured, beyond darkness.
What it means
Krishna gives the mind something to rest on. The Supreme is the ancient seer, the inner guide. Subtler than an atom, yet holding up the universe. Its form is beyond imagining, yet it shines like the sun. Each phrase stretches the mind, then lets it go.
The story
Arjuna asked how anyone can know the Divine at the end. Krishna answers with poetry, not a formula. Image after image, like a painter adding light, until the picture is too bright to look at directly.
In your life
Picture a woman on a cold beach before dawn, watching the first edge of the sun lift out of the sea. Tomorrow, find a sunrise, or just morning light on a wall, and let it remind you of what lies beyond darkness.
Radiant as the sun, beyond all darkness.