Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 8: The Imperishable Absolute

Bhagavad Gita 8.9

kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra- maṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ | sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa- mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ||

One who meditates on the seer, the ancient one, the ruler, smaller than the smallest, the supporter of all, whose form is beyond thought, radiant like the sun and beyond darkness;

Modern context

This verse is a portrait of what to meditate on. The divine is a seer, ancient, a ruler, smaller than the smallest atom, the support of everything, beyond thought, radiant like the sun, beyond all darkness. The images pull against each other on purpose: tiny and all-supporting, unthinkable and brilliant. No single picture can hold it. The meditator is given many angles so that the mind does not settle on one image and mistake it for the whole.