Shloka 16

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

पादेन पार्थिवस्याग्नेस् तस्मादग्निस्तपत्यसौ प्रकाशोष्णस्वरूपे च सौराग्नेये तु तेजसी

Transliteration

pādena pārthivasyāgnes tasmādagnistapatyasau prakāśoṣṇasvarūpe ca saurāgneye tu tejasī

Translation

Dengan satu perempat bahagiannya, Agni berasaskan prinsip unsur bumi; maka Api ini benar-benar membakar. Hakikatnya ialah cahaya dan panas, dan dalam ranah surya serta ranah api, sinarnya terserlah sebagai tejas.

Word by Word

• पादेन: by a quarter/one part

• पार्थिवस्य: of the earthly (element)

• अग्नेः: of Agni/fire

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that

• अग्निः: fire

• तपति: burns/heats

• असौ: this/that (indeed)

• प्रकाश-उष्ण-स्वरूपे: having the nature of light and heat

• च: and

• सौर-अग्नेये: in the solar and fiery (spheres/domains)

• तु: indeed/particularly

• तेजसी: radiance, brilliance (tejas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)