Aditi gave birth to the Adityas, the foremost ones among the gods, and highly powerful. Amongst them Vishnu was born in the form of a dwarf. Otherwise called Govinda, he became the foremost of them all.
आदित्यानदितिर्जज्ञे देवश्रेष्ठान् महाबलान्। तेषा विष्णुर्वामनोऽभूद् गोविन्दश्चाभवत् प्रभुः॥