सः यः तेजः ब्रह्म इति उपास्ते तेजस्वी वै सः तेजस्वतः लोकान् भास्वतः अपहततमस्कान् अभिसिध्यति यावत् तेजसो गतम् तत्र अस्य यथाकामचारः भवति यः तेजः ब्रह्म इति उपास्ते अस्ति भगवः तेजसो भूयः इति तेजसो वाव भूयः अस्ति इति तत् मे भगवान् ब्रवीतु इति
saḥ yaḥ tejaḥ brahma iti upāste tejasvī vai saḥ tejasvataḥ lokān bhāsvataḥ apahatatamaskān abhisidhyati yāvat tejaso gatam tatra asya yathākāmacāraḥ bhavati yaḥ tejaḥ brahma iti upāste asti bhagavaḥ tejaso bhūyaḥ iti tejaso vāva bhūyaḥ asti iti tat me bhagavān bravītu iti
He who venerates heat as Brahman, being himself radiant, attains radiant worlds, bright, from which darkness has been driven out, and is free to move as he wishes everywhere that heat reaches." — "Sir, is there anything greater than heat?" — "There is something greater than heat." — "Tell it to me, sir."
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The reward of heat is after its own image: radiance and worlds "from which darkness has been driven out" (apahata-tamaska). One who venerates light grows luminous himself — the law of correspondence, familiar since the fourth chapter (4.5.3), operates along the whole ladder.
But light too burns in something: a flame needs room. Above heat the teacher will set space, the container of the luminaries themselves. The ascent continues: from what shines to that within which it shines.