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An exerpt from the original purport to Gita 15:12, in which Prabhupada explains that there is only one sun in our universe, and all else are planets:
"..., but in each universe there is only one sun."
Yes - there it is in black and white, straight from the horse's mouth.
I am not sure if he has mistaken some of the terminology here and meant to say "in each solar system there is only one sun" - but the accepted meaning of "universe" is everything that we can see, and this includes all the stars, and I really don't think he could have mistaken that.
According to the scientists, our Sun is just a relatively small sized insignificant star among 100 billion or so within our own Galaxy... Beyond this there are billions of other galaxies as far as the eye (or scope) can see. All these galaxies are situated within the Universe.
According to the scientists, our Sun seems so prominent to us because of its proximity to the earth (relatively very close, astronomically speaking). the other suns are seen as dots of light because of the huge distances away from our planet Earth.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta criticizes the scientists as being narrow-minded for not accepting that living beings can live on the Sun Planet.... However, it could also seem to be narrow minded to think that our sun is the one and only sun in the universe?
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