Shloka 4

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

Sanskrit

वरिष्ठाय वरेण्याय परस्मै परमात्मने । नमोऽखिलजगद्व्यापिस्वरूपायात्ममूर्तये ॥

Transliteration

variṣṭhāya vareṇyāya parasmai paramātmane / namo 'khilajagadvyāpisvarūpāyātmamūrtaye

Translation

اے سب سے برتر اور سب سے زیادہ برگزیدہ! تجھے نمسکار؛ اے پراتپر پرماتما! تجھے نمسکار۔ جس کی فطرت سارے کائنات میں محیط ہے، جو سب کی آتما کا روپ ہے—تجھے نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• variṣṭhāya: to the most excellent
• variṣṭhāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: variṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)

• vareṇyāya: to the most worthy of choice
• vareṇyāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vareṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; ‘to be chosen/adorable’

• parasmai: to the supreme/other (transcendent)
• parasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• parama-ātmane: to the Supreme Self
• parama-ātmane: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘supreme self’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थे

• akhila-jagat-vyāpi-svarūpāya: to (you whose) nature pervades the entire universe
• akhila-jagat-vyāpi-svarūpāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (‘whose nature pervades all the world’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• ātma-mūrtaye: to the embodiment of the Self
• ātma-mūrtaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘form of the self’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine; mūrti), चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

Speakers

• Devas (collective) offering stuti

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Supreme Self (Paramātman)

Shakti Aspects

• Not explicit; Advaitic/paramātman language often used for Devi in Devi Mahatmyam stutis

Key Themes

• All-pervasion
• Paramatman doctrine
• Devotional non-dualism
• Cosmic immanence/transcendence

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The divine is both beyond and within all beings. Ethically, this supports reverence for life and restraint from harm: to injure another is to ignore the all-pervading Self.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Serves the Purāṇic aim of Dharma and spiritual instruction; it is theological framing rather than direct Sarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Ātma-mūrti’ implies the deity as the inner Self (antarātman). The stuti collapses the boundary between worshipper and worshipped, pointing to realization (aparokṣa-anubhava) as the culmination of devotion.