Shloka 7

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

Sanskrit

नमः सूर्यस्वरूपाय प्रकाशात्मस्वरूपिणे । भास्कराय नमस्तुभ्यं तथा दिनकृते नमः ॥

Transliteration

namaḥ sūryasvarūpāya prakāśātmasvarūpiṇe / bhāskarāya namastubhyaṃ tathā dinakṛte namaḥ

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้มีรูปเป็นดวงอาทิตย์ และมีสภาวะเป็นแสงสว่างโดยแท้ ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ในนามภาสกร; ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้ก่อให้เกิดกลางวันด้วย

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘obeisance’

• सूर्य-स्वरूपाय: to (you) whose form is the Sun
• सूर्य-स्वरूपाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य स्वरूपः)

• प्रकाश-आत्म-स्वरूपिणे: to (you) whose nature is light itself
• प्रकाश-आत्म-स्वरूपिणे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (प्रकाशः आत्मा यस्य/प्रकाशात्मा; तस्य स्वरूपः)

• भास्कराय: to Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्कराय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नमः-प्रयोगः

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘likewise/and also’

• दिन-कृते: to the maker of day
• दिन-कृते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिनं करोति इति)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Devas (collective) offering stuti

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Sūrya (solar form of the praised divinity)

Shakti Aspects

• Implicitly compatible with Devi as cosmic power manifesting as solar radiance; not explicitly named

Key Themes

• Solar theology
• Light as divine essence
• Cosmic order (day/night)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divinity is recognized in the sustaining rhythms of nature. Gratitude and reverence toward the cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) are cultivated by seeing the Sun as a manifestation of the supreme.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Touches Sarga/maintenance thematically (the Sun sustaining life and order), but functions mainly as stuti within a didactic-devotional passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

The Sun symbolizes the inner ‘light of awareness’ (cit-prakāśa). ‘Day-maker’ can be read as the power that makes cognition possible—turning the ‘night’ of ignorance into the ‘day’ of understanding.