Shloka 27
यस् तमो हन्ति तीव्रात्मा स्वभाभिर् भासयन् नभः घर्मशीताम्भसां योनिस् तस्मै सूर्यात्मने नमः
yas tamo hanti tīvrātmā svabhābhir bhāsayan nabhaḥ gharmaśītāmbhasāṃ yonis tasmai sūryātmane namaḥ
Salutations to the Lord ensouled as the Sun—fierce in essence—who destroys darkness, illumines the sky with His own radiance, and is the womb from which heat, cold, and the waters arise.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; the verse functions as part of a stuti/namaskāra sequence)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Identification of cosmic functions (light, heat, waters) as manifestations of the Supreme
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Secondary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: The Supreme, as the Sun-principle, dispels darkness and is the causal womb of heat, cold, and the cycle of waters.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Practice sūrya-smaraṇa at sunrise as a contemplation of divine illumination—inner clarity mirroring outer light.
Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic energies (tejas and ap) are real modes dependent on the Lord, who coordinates their functions as the inner ruler.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents Sūrya as the cosmic power that destroys darkness and sustains order by illuminating the sky, functioning as a manifest form through which the Supreme (Vishnu) governs the world.
He describes the Sun as the yoni (source) of experiential opposites—heat and cold—and even of waters, indicating solar agency behind climatic and elemental cycles that support life and cosmic rhythm.
“Sūryātmā” frames the Sun not merely as a luminary but as a divine principle—ultimately grounded in Vishnu’s supremacy—through which light overcomes tamas and the cosmos is regulated.