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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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तामसो भूतसूक्ष्मादिर्यतः खं लिङ्गमात्मनः
tāmaso bhūta-sūkṣmādir yataḥ khaṁ liṅgam ātmanaḥ
WORD BY WORD
tāmasaḥ from the mode of ignorance; bhūta-sūkṣma-ādiḥ subtle sense objects; yataḥ from which; kham the sky; liṅgam symbolic representation; ātmanaḥ of the Supreme Soul.;
TRANSLATION
| The sky is a product of sound, and sound is the transformation of egoistic ignorance. In other words, the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.
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PURPORT
| In the Vedic hymns it is said, etasmād ātmanaḥ ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ. The sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul. Those who are egoistic in passion and ignorance cannot conceive of the Personality of Godhead. For them the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.
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