Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 67
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श्रीयाज्ञवल्क्य उवाच ॐ नमो भगवते आदित्यायाखिलजगतामात्मस्वरूपेण कालस्वरूपेण चतुर्विधभूतनिकायानां ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तानामन्तर्हृदयेषु बहिरपि चाकाश इवोपाधिनाव्यवधीयमानो भवानेक एव क्षणलवनिमेषावयवोपचितसंवत्सरगणेनापामादान विसर्गाभ्यामिमां लोकयात्रामनुवहति ॥ ६७ ॥
śrī-yājñavalkya uvāca oṁ namo bhagavate ādityāyākhila-jagatām ātma-svarūpeṇa kāla-svarūpeṇa catur-vidha-bhūta-nikāyānāṁ brahmādi-stamba-paryantānām antar-hṛdayeṣu bahir api cākāśa ivopādhināvyavadhīyamāno bhavān eka eva kṣaṇa-lava-nimeṣāvayavopacita-saṁvatsara-gaṇenāpām ādāna- visargābhyām imāṁ loka-yātrām anuvahati.
Śrī Yājñavalkya sprach: Om, ich erweise Bhagavān Āditya, dem Höchsten Herrn in Gestalt der Sonne, meine Ehrerbietung. Du bist der Eine, als das Selbst des ganzen Universums und als die Gestalt der Zeit; von Brahmā bis zum Grashalm bist Du in den Herzen und auch außen wie der Himmel gegenwärtig, niemals bedeckt von irgendeiner falschen Bezeichnung. Durch den Strom der Jahre, gebildet aus winzigen Zeitteilchen namens kṣaṇa, lava und nimeṣa, trocknest Du allein die Wasser und gibst sie als Regen zurück und trägst so den Lauf der Welt.
This prayer is not offered to the sun-god as an independent or autonomous entity but rather to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, represented by His powerful expansion the solar deity.
FAQs
This verse offers obeisances to the Lord as Āditya, identifying Him as the Self of all worlds and the very form of Time that sustains cosmic order.
He acknowledges that the same Supreme Lord is present within all hearts as the indwelling Self and also governs externally as Time, moving the universe through measurable cycles.
It encourages humility and urgency in spiritual practice—recognizing every moment as governed by the Lord and using time responsibly for devotion and self-purification.