Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.11.30

eka eva hi lokānāḿ

sūrya ātmādi-kṛd dhariḥ

sarva-veda-kriyā-mūlam

ṛṣibhir bahudhoditaḥ

SYNONYMS

ekaḥ — one; eva — only; hi — indeed; lokānām — of the worlds; sūryaḥ — the sun; ātmā — their soul; ādi-kṛt — the original creator; hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead, Hari; sarva-veda — in all the Vedas; kriyā — of the ritualistic activities; mūlam — the basis; ṛṣibhiḥ — by the sages; bahudhā — variously; uditaḥ — designated.

TRANSLATION

The sun-god, being nondifferent from Lord Hari, is the one soul of all the worlds and their original creator. He is the source of all the ritualistic activities prescribed in the Vedas and has been given many names by the Vedic sages.

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