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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 5]
water they live and grow. If there were no water, all life would cease. Water is the source of life for everyone. Therefore, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we have so much water all over the world.
TEXT 34
सोमं मनो यस्य समामनन्ति 
    दिवौक्तसां यो बलमन्ध आयुः । 
    ईशो नगानां प्रजनः प्रजानां 
    प्रसीदतां नः स महाविभूतिः ॥३४॥
somam mano yasya samāmananti 
    divaukasām yo balam andha āyuḥ 
    īśo nagānām prajanaḥ prajānām 
    prasīdatām naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ
somam—the moon; manaḥ—the mind; yasya—of whom (of the Supreme Personality of Godhead); samāmananti—they say; divaukasām—of the denizens of the upper planetary systems; yaḥ—who; balam—the strength; andhaḥ—the food grains; āyuḥ—the duration of life; īśaḥ—the Supreme Lord; nagānām—of the trees; prajanaḥ—the source of breeding; prajānām—of all living entities; prasīdatām—may He be pleased; naḥ—upon us; saḥ—that Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahā-vibhūtiḥ—the source of all opulences.
TRANSLATION
Soma, the moon, is the source of food grains, strength and longevity for all the demigods. He is also the master of all vegetation and the source of generation for all living entities. As stated by learned scholars, the moon is the mind of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of all opulences, be pleased with us.
PURPORT
Soma, the predominating deity of the moon, is the source of food grains and therefore the source of strength even for the celestial beings,