Shloka 4

Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line

Sanskrit

वरिष्ठाय वरेण्याय परस्मै परमात्मने । नमोऽखिलजगद्व्यापिस्वरूपायात्ममूर्तये ॥

Transliteration

variṣṭhāya vareṇyāya parasmai paramātmane / namo 'khilajagadvyāpisvarūpāyātmamūrtaye

Translation

Hommage à la Très-Excellente, à la plus digne d’être choisie ; au Soi suprême, transcendant. Hommage à Toi dont la nature pénètre l’univers entier, dont l’incarnation est le Soi de tous.

Word by Word

• variṣṭhāya: to the most excellent
• variṣṭhāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: variṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)

• vareṇyāya: to the most worthy of choice
• vareṇyāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vareṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; ‘to be chosen/adorable’

• parasmai: to the supreme/other (transcendent)
• parasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• parama-ātmane: to the Supreme Self
• parama-ātmane: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘supreme self’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थे

• akhila-jagat-vyāpi-svarūpāya: to (you whose) nature pervades the entire universe
• akhila-jagat-vyāpi-svarūpāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (‘whose nature pervades all the world’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• ātma-mūrtaye: to the embodiment of the Self
• ātma-mūrtaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘form of the self’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine; mūrti), चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

Speakers

• Devas (collective) offering stuti

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Supreme Self (Paramātman)

Shakti Aspects

• Not explicit; Advaitic/paramātman language often used for Devi in Devi Mahatmyam stutis

Key Themes

• All-pervasion
• Paramatman doctrine
• Devotional non-dualism
• Cosmic immanence/transcendence

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The divine is both beyond and within all beings. Ethically, this supports reverence for life and restraint from harm: to injure another is to ignore the all-pervading Self.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Serves the Purāṇic aim of Dharma and spiritual instruction; it is theological framing rather than direct Sarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Ātma-mūrti’ implies the deity as the inner Self (antarātman). The stuti collapses the boundary between worshipper and worshipped, pointing to realization (aparokṣa-anubhava) as the culmination of devotion.