Word
āditya-vat
Used in 3 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- like the sun (1)
- effulgent like the sun (1)
- in the sun (1)
Every verse
- 5.16ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣhāṁ nāśhitam ātmanaḥBut to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.Here: like the sun
- 8.9कविं पुराणमनुशासितारkaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāramWhosoever meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler of the whole world, minuter than an atom, the supporter of all, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the…Here: effulgent like the sun
- 15.12यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilamThat light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the fire—know that light to be Mine.Here: in the sun