Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
मूर्तामूर्तस्तथा सूक्ष्मः स्थूलरूपस्तथा स्थितः ।
निमेषकाष्ठादिमयः कालरूपः क्षयात्मकः ।
प्रसीद स्वेच्छया रूपं स्वतेजः शमनं कुरु ॥
mūrtāmūrtaḥ tathā sūkṣmaḥ sthūla-rūpas tathā sthitaḥ | nimeṣa-kāṣṭhādi-mayaḥ kāla-rūpaḥ kṣayātmakaḥ | prasīda svecchayā rūpaṃ sva-tejaḥ śamanaṃ kuru ||
Du verweilst als Gestaltetes und Gestaltloses; als Feines und auch als Grobes. Du bestehst aus Zeiteinheiten, beginnend mit dem nimeṣa (einem Lidschlag) und der kāṣṭhā; du bist die Zeit selbst, deren Wesen Auflösung ist. Sei gnädig: Nimm aus eigenem Willen eine Gestalt an und besänftige deinen eigenen Glanz.
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The same divine power that protects also dissolves; acknowledging this fosters humility and right conduct. The prayer models restraint: even divine power is asked to be moderated for cosmic balance.
Touches Sarga (structure of time and manifestation) and Pratisarga (dissolution/renewal), embedded within Carita (the Devi narrative).
Time-units symbolize the deity’s immanence in perception and change. ‘Pacifying one’s own radiance’ points to śakti being self-governed (svātantrya): the absolute can contract/expand manifestation by will.