ÄdityÄnÄm ahaá¹ viṣṇur
jyotiá¹£Äá¹ ravir aá¹Å›umÄn
marÄ«cir marutÄm asmi
naká¹£atrÄṇÄm ahaá¹ Å›aśī
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.
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.
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.
