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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 15.6

Krishna’s eternal spiritual abode

न तद्भ‍ासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावक: ।

यद्ग‍त्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ६ ॥

na tad bhāsayate sūryo

na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ

yad gatvā na nivartante

tad dhāma paramaṁ mama

Translation

That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world.

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

1Kṛṣṇa’s supreme abode needs no sun, moon, fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world.
2Prabhupāda explains that its planets shine by themselves. There, one becomes the Lord’s associate, enjoying eternal life, bliss and full knowledge.
3Seek the company of devotees and learn devotional service to loosen material attachment. Kṛṣṇa’s abode is reached only by surrender.

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Chapter 15, The Yoga of the Supreme Person: krishna’s eternal spiritual abode.

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The soul's true destination is eternal.

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Key ideas: mokṣa, dhāma.

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