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Bhagavad Gita 10.21

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

ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇurjyotiṣāṃ raviraṃśumān। marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṃ śaśī।।10.21।।

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आदित्यानाम्
among the Adityas (sons of Aditi)
अहम्
I
विष्णुः
am Vishnu
ज्योतिषाम्
among luminaries/celestial lights
रविः
am the sun
अंशुमान्
the radiant one
मरीचिः
Marichi
मरुताम्
among the Maruts (wind-gods)
अस्मि
I am
नक्षत्राणाम्
among the stars/constellations
अहम्
I
शशी
am the moon

Commentary

21. Of the Adityas I am Vishnu ; of the radiances, the resplendent Sun ; I am Marichi of the Maruts ; of the asterisms, the Moon.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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आदित्यानाम्
अहम्
विष्णुः
ज्योतिषाम्
रविः
अंशुमान्
मरीचिः
मरुताम्
अस्मि
नक्षत्राणाम्
अहम्
शशी

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