Shloka 24

यजुर्वेदशाखाः, याज्ञवल्क्य–वैशम्पायनसंवादः, सूर्यस्तुतिः

Yajurveda branches and Yājñavalkya’s solar revelation

Devanagari script

नमः सवित्रे सूर्याय भास्कराय विवस्वते आदित्यायादिभूताय देवादीनां नमो नमः

Transliteration

namaḥ savitre sūryāya bhāskarāya vivasvate ādityāyādibhūtāya devādīnāṃ namo namaḥ

Translation

นอบน้อมแด่สวิตฤ แด่สุริยะ แด่ภาสกร แด่วิวัสวาน; นอบน้อมแด่อาทิตยะ ผู้เป็นปฐมเหตุแห่งสรรพสัตว์ ขอนอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าแด่ผู้เป็นประมุขแห่งเหล่าเทพ

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• सवित्रे: to Savitṛ
• सवित्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्

• सूर्याय: to Sūrya
• सूर्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्

• भास्कराय: to Bhāskara
• भास्कराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्

• विवस्वते: to Vivasvat
• विवस्वते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्

• आदित्याय: to Āditya
• आदित्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्

• आदिभूताय: to the primordial being
• आदिभूताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (आदिः भूतः/भूतानाम् आदिः)

• देवादीनाम्: of the gods and others
• देवादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (देवाः आदयः येषाम्)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-नमस्कारः (repeated salutation)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; a solar-stuti embedded in the discourse on dharma/observances and cosmic order)

Characters & Entities

• Savitṛ
• Sūrya
• Bhāskara
• Vivasvān
• Āditya
• Devas

FAQs

What is the significance of praising Sūrya (Āditya) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames the Sun as the sustaining regulator of cosmic order—worthy of repeated reverence as the primal source and leader among divine powers that uphold the world.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine sovereignty through solar epithets like Savitṛ and Vivasvān?

By stacking names that emphasize impelling, shining, and illuminating, the hymn portrays sovereignty as the power that energizes life, reveals truth, and maintains the rhythm of the cosmos.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

In Vaishnava reading, such hymns to Āditya function as praise of a divine manifestation that operates under the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—who is ultimately the ground of all sustaining powers in the universe.