BG 10.21
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् ।
मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ॥
मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ॥
ādityānām ahaṁ viṣṇur jyotiṣāṁ ravir aṁśumān
marīcir marutām asmi nakṣatrāṇām ahaṁ śaśī
marīcir marutām asmi nakṣatrāṇām ahaṁ śaśī
Word-for-word meanings
ādityānām — of the Ādityas; aham — I [am]; viṣṇuḥ — Viṣṇu; jyotiṣām — of the luminaries; aṁśumān — [I am] the radiant; raviḥ — sun; marutām — of the Maruts; asmi — I am; marīciḥ — Marīci; nakṣatrāṇām — [and] of lunar constellations; aham — I [am]; śaśī — the moon.
Translation
Among the twelve sons of Aditi, I am Viṣṇu; of luminaries, I am the radiant sun; of the forty-nine Maruts, I am Marīci; and among the lunar constellations (nakṣatras*), I am the moon.
Notes
* There are 27 nakṣatras, lunar constellations, or mansions, through which the moon passes. The moon is not counted among them but is considered as the Lord of nakṣatras.