Shloka 1203
तेषामकथयत् सूर्य: सर्वेषां भावितात्मनाम् । पवित्र अन्तः:करणवाले उन सिद्धोंके मुखसे भगवान् सूर्यने इस माहात्म्यको सुना। राजन! सूर्यने सुनकर अपने पीछे चलनेवाले साठ हजार भावितात्मा मुनियोंको इसका श्रवण कराया। लोकमें तपते हुए सूर्यके आगे चलनेके लिये जिन ऋषियोंकी सृष्टि हुई है, उन भावितात्माओंको भी सूर्यदेवने भगवान्की यह महिमा सुनायी थी
teṣām akathayat sūryaḥ sarveṣāṁ bhāvitātmanām | pavitrāntaḥkaraṇavāleṣu siddheṣu mukhato bhagavān sūryo 'sya māhātmyam aśṛṇot | rājan! sūryaḥ śrutvā svānugāmināṁ ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇāṁ bhāvitātmanāṁ munīnām etat śrāvaṇam akārayat | loke tapataḥ sūryasya agre gantum ye ṛṣayaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ, tebhyo 'pi bhāvitātmabhyo bhagavato mahimāṁ sūryadevo 'śrāvayat ||
Bhīṣma said: “The Sun related this account to all those perfected ones whose minds were purified and disciplined. From the mouths of such holy Siddhas, the divine Sun heard this greatness. O King, having heard it, the Sun then caused it to be heard by the sixty thousand sages of purified spirit who follow in his train. And to those seers who were created to go before the blazing Sun in the world, the Sun-god also proclaimed this glory of the Lord.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred knowledge and devotion are preserved and empowered through purified listeners and disciplined transmitters: the Sun first receives the Lord’s glory from perfected Siddhas and then disseminates it to vast assemblies of sages, highlighting inner purity (pavitrāntaḥkaraṇa) as the proper vessel for dharmic teaching.
Bhishma describes a chain of transmission: Siddhas with pure inner faculties speak of the Lord’s greatness; the Sun hears it from them and then has it recited to the sixty thousand sages who accompany him, as well as to the seers created to precede the Sun—portraying the Sun as both recipient and propagator of divine praise.