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surya-candra hare yaiche saba andhakara
vastu prakasiya kare dharmera pracara
ei mata dui bhai jivera ajnana-
tamo-nasa kari’ kaila tattva-vastu-dana
SYNONYMS
surya-candra—the sun and the moon; hare—drive away; yaiche—just as; saba—all; andhakara—darkness; vastu—truth; prakasiya—manifesting; kare—do; dharmera—of inborn nature; pracara—preaching; ei mata—like this; dui—two; bhai—brothers; jivera—of the living being; ajnana—of ignorance; tamah—of the darkness; nasa—destruction; kari’-doing; kaila—made; tattva-vastu—of the Absolute Truth; dana—gift.
As the sun and moon drive away darkness by their appearance and reveal the nature of everything, these two brothers dissipate the darkness of ignorance covering the living beings’ and enlighten them with knowledge of the Absolute Truth.