नक्षत्रैः सह ज्योतिश्चक्रे समभ्युद्यन्ति सह वा निम्लोचन्ति ॥११॥
evaá¹ tato vÄruṇīṠsaumyÄm aindrÄ«á¹ ca punas tathÄnye ca grahÄḥ somÄdayo naká¹£atraiḥ saha jyotiÅ›-cakre samabhyudyanti saha vÄ nimlo-canti
evam - in this way; tataḥ - from there; vÄruṇīm - to the quarters where Varuṇa lives; saumyÄm - to the quarters where the moon lives; aindrÄ«á¹ ca - and to the quarters where Indra lives; punaḥ - again; tathÄ - so also; anye - the others; ca - also; grahÄḥ - planets; soma-Ädayaḥ - headed by the moon; naká¹£atraiḥ - all the stars; saha - with; jyotiḥ-cakre - in the celestial sphere; samabhyudyanti - rise; saha - along with; vÄ - or; nimlocanti - set.
From the residence of YamarÄja the sun travels to NimlocanÄ«, the residence of Varuṇa, from there to VibhÄvarÄ«, the residence of the moon-god, and from there again to the residence of Indra. In a similar way, the moon, along with the other stars and planets, becomes visible in the celestial sphere and then sets and again becomes invisible.
In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (10.21) Kṛṣṇa says, naká¹£atrÄṇÄm ahaá¹ Å›aśī: “Of stars I am the moon.†This indicates that the moon is similar to the other stars. The Vedic literature informs us that within this universe there is one sun, which is moving. The Western theory that all the luminaries in the sky are different suns is not confirmed in the Vedic literature. Nor can we assume that these luminaries are the suns of other universes, for each universe is covered by various layers of material elements, and therefore although the universes are clustered together, we cannot see from one universe to another. In other words, whatever we see is within this one universe. In each universe there is one Lord BrahmÄ, and there are other demigods on other planets, but there is only one sun.
