316 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 20
TRANSLATION

O King, the sun-god and the sun planet divide all the directions
of the universe. It is only because of the presence of the sun that
we can understand what the sky, the higher planets, this world and
the lower planets are. It is also only because of the sun that we can
understand which places are for material enjoyment, which are for
liberation, which are hellish and subterranean.

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deva-tiryan-manusyanam
sarisrpa-savirudham
sarva-jiva-nikayanam
surya atma drg-isvarah

deva—of the demigods; tiryak—the lower animals; manusyénam—
and the human beings: sarisrpa—the insects and the serpents; sa-
virudham—and the plants and trees: sarva-jiva-nikdydndm—of all
groups of living entities; séiryah—the sun-god; ditma—the life and soul;
drk—of the eyes; isvarah—the Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

All living entities, including demigods, human beings, animals,
birds, insects, reptiles, creepers and trees, depend upon the heat
and light given by the sun-god from the sun planet. Furthermore,
it is because of the sun’s presence that all living entities can see,
and therefore he is called drg-isvara, the Personality of Godhead
presiding over sight.

PURPORT

In this regard, Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says, siirya dima
atmatvenopasyah. The actual life and soul of all living entities within
this universe is the sun. He is therefore updsya, worshipable. We wor-
