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ŚB 9.5.3

Devanagari

अम्बरीष उवाच
त्वमग्निर्भगवान् सूर्यस्त्वं सोमो ज्योतिषां पति: ।
त्वमापस्त्वं क्षितिर्व्योम वायुर्मात्रेन्द्रियाणि च ॥ ३ ॥

Text

ambarīṣa uvāca
tvam agnir bhagavān sūryas
tvaṁ somo jyotiṣāṁ patiḥ
tvam āpas tvaṁ kṣitir vyoma
vāyur mātrendriyāṇi ca

Synonyms

ambarīṣaḥ — Mahārāja Ambarīṣa; uvāca — said; tvam — you (are); agniḥ — the fire; bhagavān — the most powerful; sūryaḥ — the sun; tvam — you (are); somaḥ — the moon; jyotiṣām — of all the luminaries; patiḥ — the master; tvam — you (are); āpaḥ — water; tvam — you (are); kṣitiḥ — earth; vyoma — sky; vāyuḥ — the air; mātra — the objects of the senses; indriyāṇi — and the senses; ca — also.

Translation

Mahārāja Ambarīṣa said: O Sudarśana cakra, you are fire, you are the most powerful sun, and you are the moon, the master of all luminaries. You are water, earth and sky, you are the air, you are the five sense objects [sound, touch, form, taste and smell], and you are the senses also.