Shloka 16
युग्मर्क्षेषु तु यत् तोयं पतत्य् अर्कोज्झितं दिवः तत् सूर्यरश्मिभिः सद्यः समादाय निरस्यते
yugmarkṣeṣu tu yat toyaṃ pataty arkojjhitaṃ divaḥ tat sūryaraśmibhiḥ sadyaḥ samādāya nirasyate
But the water that, in the region of the paired lunar mansions, falls down from the sky after being released by the Sun—this is immediately gathered up again by the Sun’s rays and driven onward.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Mechanism of rainfall and its circulation relative to nakṣatra divisions and solar agency
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: explanatory
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: Rain and evaporation are presented as a regulated cycle: water released under certain stellar conditions is promptly re-collected by the sun’s rays to sustain cosmic circulation.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Reflect on cyclical interdependence—resources return and re-circulate—encouraging restraint and stewardship.
Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic regularities function as a purposive ‘niyati’ within divine order, consistent with a world that is real and value-laden.
FAQs
They are described as the immediate agents that collect and propel water, showing the Sun as a regulator of the world’s continuous cycles.
He presents a cyclical process: water falls from the sky after being released by the Sun, and is then promptly gathered again by the Sun’s rays and sent onward.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the orderly functioning of cosmic processes is framed as part of the divinely sustained governance of reality—an expression of supreme sovereignty operating through cosmic powers like the Sun.