Shloka 51

सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

पौरुषेयो वधश्चैव यातुधानावुदाहृतौ एते वसन्ति वै सूर्ये मासयोः शुचिशुक्रयोः

Transliteration

pauruṣeyo vadhaścaiva yātudhānāvudāhṛtau ete vasanti vai sūrye māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ

Translation

‘Pauruṣeya’ y ‘Vadha’ son declarados Yātudhānas. Estos moran en el Sol durante los meses de Śuci y Śukra. En la visión śaiva, incluso estas fuerzas feroces se mueven bajo la orden superior de Pati (Śiva), pues todas las estaciones cósmicas se sostienen dentro de su śakti ordenadora y no fuera de su soberanía.

Word by Word

• पौरुषेयः: Pauruṣeya (a named class/being)

• वधः: Vadha (a named force/being, lit. “slaying”)

• च: and

• एव: indeed

• यातुधानौ: Yātudhānas (demonic/occult beings, flesh-eaters)

• उदाहृतौ: are declared/are stated

• एते: these

• वसन्ति: dwell/abide

• वै: indeed

• सूर्ये: in the Sun (solar sphere)

• मासयोः: in (the two) months

• शुचि-शुक्रयोः: Śuci and Śukra (month-names).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Surya

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames the cosmos as regulated stations (including the Sun and its months), supporting Linga-worship as adoration of Shiva’s all-governing axis (Pati) behind time, movement, and cosmic placement.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though Shiva is not named, the verse implies a governed universe where even fierce beings have assigned abodes; Shaiva Siddhanta reads this as the mark of Pati—supreme lordship ordering all tattvas and beings under His śakti.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A calendrical awareness for vrata/puja timing is implied: aligning Shiva-puja and observances with solar months, while yogically cultivating the Pashupata insight that all forces (even tamasic ones) operate within divine governance.