[Advaita-l] Clarification on BG Chapter 10 Shloka 21

[Dr. V. Prasanna Shrinivas]

Namaste

The genitive case of the word sasi meaning moon is not referring to one out
of many but is specifying one over all. Thus naksatraaNaam .aham sasi refers
to the moon as being the Lord over all the constellations. The Lord speaks
in a similar tone in the next sloka as well when refering to conciousness in
creations.

gurupAdareNu


On 12/12/07, N R, Chakradhar (Chakradhar) <nrchakradhar at alcatel-lucent.com>
wrote:
>
> > Namaskara,
> > I have a doubt regarding the BG Chapter 10 Shloka 21. The english
> > translation of the shloka is:
> >
> > Among the Adityas I am Visnu; among the luminaries, the radiant sun;
> > among the (forty-nine) Maruts I am Marici;
> > ** among the stars I am the moon. **
> >
> > Why is MOON referred to as a STAR?
> > Is the translation of 'nakshtra' as a star fine?
> >
> > Does this match with the today's definition of the star or moon?
> >
> > Pranams,
> > Chakra
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