SB 5.22.10

SB 5.22.10

Devanagari

य एष षोडशकल: पुरुषो भगवान्मनोमयोऽन्नमयोऽमृतमयो देवपितृमनुष्यभूतपशुपक्षिसरीसृपवीरुधां प्राणाप्यायनशीलत्वात्सर्वमय इति वर्णयन्ति ॥ १० ॥

Verse text

ya eṣa ṣoḍaśa-kalaḥ puruṣo bhagavān manomayo ’nnamayo ’mṛtamayo deva-pitṛ-manuṣya-bhūta-paśu-pakṣi-sarīsṛpa-vīrudhāṁ prāṇāpy āyana-śīlatvāt sarvamaya iti varṇayanti.

Synonyms

yaḥ that ; eṣaḥ this ; ṣoḍaśa kalaḥ — having all sixteen parts (the full moon) ; puruṣaḥ the person ; bhagavān having great power received from the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; manaḥ mayaḥ — the predominating deity of the mind ; anna mayaḥ — the source of potency for food grains ; amṛta mayaḥ — the source of the substance of life ; deva of all the demigods ; pitṛ of all the inhabitants of Pitṛloka ; manuṣya all human beings ; bhūta all living entities ; paśu of the animals ; pakṣi of the birds ; sarīsṛpa of the reptiles ; vīrudhām of all kinds of herbs and plants ; prāṇa life air ; api certainly ; āyana śīlatvāt — due to refreshing ; sarva mayaḥ — all-pervading ; iti thus ; varṇayanti the learned scholars describe .

Translation

Because the moon is full of all potentialities, it represents the influence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The moon is the predominating deity of everyone’s mind, and therefore the moon-god is called Manomaya. He is also called Annamaya because he gives potency to all herbs and plants, and he is called Amṛtamaya because he is the source of life for all living entities. The moon pleases the demigods, pitās, human beings, animals, birds, reptiles, trees, plants and all other living entities. Everyone is satisfied by the presence of the moon. Therefore the moon is also called Sarvamaya [all-pervading].

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

They describe the moon composed of sixteen phases to be the Supreme Lord, the mind, food, nectar, and the life of devatās, Pitṛs, humans, ghosts, animals, birds and reptiles and to be all-pervading, since it is the cause of all life. The moon is called manomayaḥ because it is the presiding deity of the mind.