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Verse 10·21

The Divine Vibhutis: among the Adityas, I am Vishnu

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आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर् ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् ।मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ॥

ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇur jyotiṣāṃ raviraṃśumānmarīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṃ śaśī

Among the Adityas I am Vishnu; among lights and splendours I am the radiant Sun; I am Marichi among the Maruts; among the stars the Moon am I.

Gītā 10·21

Then among all these living beings, cosmic godheads, superhuman and human and subhuman creatures, and amid all these qualities, powers and objects, the chief, the head, the greatest in quality of each class is a special power of the becoming of the Godhead.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 363

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