Shloka 25
आदित्यकर्म, त्रयीमयी वैष्णवी शक्तिः, सवितुरन्तर्यामी
The Sun’s Function and Vishnu’s Vedic Śakti within Savitṛ
तेन प्रीणात्य् अशेषाणि भूतानि भगवान् रविः पितृदेवमनुष्यादीन् एवम् आप्याययत्य् असौ
tena prīṇāty aśeṣāṇi bhūtāni bhagavān raviḥ pitṛdevamanuṣyādīn evam āpyāyayaty asau
By that life-giving power, the blessed Sun delights all beings without remainder; thus he nourishes and sustains the Pitṛs, the Devas, humankind, and all others besides.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Sūrya sustains all classes of beings—Pitṛs, Devas, humans—through the same life-giving essence
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Through the same solar potency the Sun pleases and nourishes all beings—ancestors, gods, humans—without exception.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Practice a non-sectarian gratitude: recognize that one sustaining power supports diverse lives, and let that insight mature into compassion and shared responsibility.
Vishishtadvaita: One divine order sustains many distinct recipients (cit and acit), preserving plurality within an overarching unity of governance.
Bhakti Type: shanta
FAQs
This verse presents the Sun as a universal sustainer who refreshes all beings and specifically supports the Pitṛs, Devas, and humans—showing Surya’s central role in maintaining cosmic life and order.
Parāśara frames nourishment as a comprehensive, all-reaching process: the Sun’s agency “gladdens all beings without remainder,” indicating an ordered cosmos where life is upheld through a single, pervasive sustaining power.
Even when Surya is praised as ‘bhagavān,’ the Vishnu Purana typically treats such cosmic functions as operating within Vishnu’s sovereignty—implying that the Sun’s sustaining role is part of the Supreme Reality’s governance of the universe.