Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् ।
मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ॥२१॥
ādityānām ahaṁ viṣṇur
jyotiṣāṁ ravir aṁśumān
marīcir marutām asmi
nakṣatrāṇām ahaṁ śaśī
Word for word (synonyms)
- ādityānām
- of the Ādityas
- aham
- I am
- viṣṇuḥ
- the Supreme Lord
- jyotiṣām
- of all luminaries
- raviḥ
- the sun
- aṁśumān
- radiant
- marīciḥ
- Marīci
- marutām
- of the Marutas
- asmi
- I am
- nakṣatrāṇām
- of stars
- aham
- I am
- śaśī
- the moon
Translation
Of the Ādityas I am Viṣṇu, of lights I am the radiant sun, I am Marīci of the Maruts, and among the stars I am the moon.
Purport
Other scriptures cited in this purport: Brahma-saṁhitā
There are twelve Ādityas, of which Kṛṣṇa is the principal. And among all the luminaries twinkling in the sky, the sun is the chief, and in the Brahma-saṁhitā the sun is accepted as the glowing effulgence of the Supreme Lord and is considered to be one of His eyes. Marīci is the controlling deity of the heavenly spaces. Among the stars, the moon is most prominent at night, and thus the moon represents Kṛṣṇa.
What this verse teaches
Various opulences of Kṛṣṇa (See the table)
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.