Shloka 27
प्रचेतसां तपः तथा विष्णु-स्तुतिः
The Pracetases’ Ocean Tapas and Hymn to Vishnu
यस् तमो हन्ति तीव्रात्मा स्वभाभिर् भासयन् नभः घर्मशीताम्भसां योनिस् तस्मै सूर्यात्मने नमः
yas tamo hanti tīvrātmā svabhābhir bhāsayan nabhaḥ gharmaśītāmbhasāṃ yonis tasmai sūryātmane namaḥ
សូមក្រាបបង្គំចំពោះព្រះអង្គដែលមានអាត្មានៃព្រះអាទិត្យ មានសារសំខាន់ខ្លាំង កម្ចាត់ភាពងងឹត បំភ្លឺមេឃដោយពន្លឺរបស់ព្រះអង្គ ហើយជាយោនីកំណើតនៃកម្ដៅ ត្រជាក់ និងទឹកទាំងឡាយ។
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; the verse functions as part of a stuti/namaskāra sequence)
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.