Shloka 25

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

भजनाश्चैव माल्याश् च केतनाः पतनास् तथा अमृता नामतः सर्वा रश्मयो वृष्टिसर्जनाः

Transliteration

bhajanāścaiva mālyāś ca ketanāḥ patanās tathā amṛtā nāmataḥ sarvā raśmayo vṛṣṭisarjanāḥ

Translation

அந்த கதிர்கள் அனைத்தும் ‘பஜனா’, ‘மால்யா’, ‘கேதனா’, ‘பதனா’, ‘அம்ருதா’ என்ற பெயர்களால் அறியப்படுகின்றன; இக்கதிர்களே மழையை உருவாக்கும் சக்திகளாகும்।

Word by Word

• भजनाः: Bhajanā (a class/name of solar rays)

• च एव: and indeed

• माल्याः: Mālyā (a class/name of solar rays)

• च: and

• केतनाः: Ketanā (a class/name of solar rays)

• पतनाः: Patanā (a class/name of solar rays)

• तथा: likewise

• अमृताः: Amṛtā (a class/name of solar rays)

• नामतः: by name/known as

• सर्वाः: all

• रश्मयः: rays (of the sun)

• वृष्टि-सर्जनाः: producers/causes of rain (rain-creating).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)