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TEXT 21 adityanam aham visnur
SYNONYMS  adityanam--of
the Adityas; aham--I am; visnuh--the Supreme Lord; jyotisam--of
all luminaries; ravih--the sun; amsu-man--radiant; maricih--Marici;
marutam--of the Maruts; asmi--I am; naksatranam--of
stars; aham--I am; sasi--the moon.
TRANSLATION Of the Adityas
I am Visnu, of lights I am the radiant sun, I am Marici of the Maruts,
and among the stars I am the moon.
PURPORT There are twelve
Adityas, of which Krsna is the principal. And among all the luminaries
twinkling in the sky, the sun is the chief, and in the Brahma-samhita
the sun is accepted as the glowing effulgence of the Supreme Lord and is
considered to be one of His eyes. Marici is the controlling deity of of
the heavenly spaces. Among the stars, the moon is the most prominent at
night, and thus the moon represents Krsna.
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