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आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान्। मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी।।10.21।।

ādityānām ahaṁ viṣhṇur jyotiṣhāṁ ravir anśhumān marīchir marutām asmi nakṣhatrāṇām ahaṁ śhaśhī

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 21
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Among the twelve Adityas, I am Vishnu; among luminaries, the radiant sun; among the seven or forty-nine Maruts, I am Marichi; among stars, I am the moon.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: among the sun gods, Krishna is Vishnu, among lights, the radiant sun, among the winds, Marichi, among the lunar mansions, the moon, beginning a long, specific list naming the best or most essential example within many different categories.

In life: within nearly any category you're familiar with, work, food, art, there's usually a recognizable standout that captures something essential about the whole category better than the average example does.

Teaching: practice identifying the standout, most essential example within categories you actually care about, that exercise of discernment is itself a form of the perception this verse is training.

ādityānāmamongst the twelve sons of Aditi
ahamI
viṣhṇuḥLord Vishnu
jyotiṣhāmamongst luminous objects
raviḥthe sun
anśhu-mānradiant
marīchiḥMarichi
marutāmof the Maruts
asmi(I) am
nakṣhatrāṇāmamongst the stars
ahamI
śhaśhīthe moon

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
10.21 आदित्यानम् among the Adityas? अहम् I? विष्णुः Vishnu? ज्योतिषाम् among lights? रविः the sun? अंशुमान् radiant? मरीचिः Marichi? मरुताम् of the Maruts (winds)? अस्मि (I) am? नक्षत्राणाम् among the stars? अहम् I? शशी the moon.Commentary Of the twelve Adityas I am the Aditya known as Vishnu? Dhata? Mitra? Aryama? Rudra? Varuna? Bhaga? Surya? Vivasvan? Pusham? Savita? Tvashta and Vishnu are the twelve Adityas. The twelve months of the year are the Adityas.The Maruts are the gods controlling the winds. Some hold that there are seven of them while others say there are fortynine.The twelve Adityas? the luminaries like Agni? lightning? etc.? the Maruts? the stars? etc.? are the Samanya Vibhutis (ordinary manifestations) of the Lord. Vishnu? the sun? Marichi? and the moon are His Visesha Vibhutis (special manifestations) and hence they have greater splendour in them.You can superimpose the Lord on the sun and the moon? and meditate on them as forms of the Lord. You can practise the same kind of meditation on all forms mentioned in the following verses of this chapter.