Shloka 39

सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

आदित्यं परमं भानुं भाभिराप्याययन्ति ते पुलस्त्याद्याः कौशिकान्ता मुनयो मुनिसत्तमाः

Transliteration

ādityaṃ paramaṃ bhānuṃ bhābhirāpyāyayanti te pulastyādyāḥ kauśikāntā munayo munisattamāḥ

Translation

诸最胜牟尼——自普罗罗斯提耶（Pulastya）起，至拘舍迦（Kauśika）止——以自身修证之光明威德，滋养并增辉至上日神阿底提耶，至高光耀之婆努（Bhānu）。

Word by Word

• ādityam: the Sun (Āditya)

• paramam: supreme, transcendent

• bhānum: the shining one, the luminary

• bhābhiḥ: by (their) radiances/effulgences

• āpyāyayanti: they cause to swell, strengthen, nourish

• te: they, those

• pulastya-ādyāḥ: beginning with Pulastya

• kauśika-antāḥ: ending with Kauśika

• munayaḥ: sages

• muni-sattamāḥ: the foremost among sages

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Aditya (Surya)
• Pulastya
• Kaushika

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames cosmic radiance (tejas) as something sustained by realized sages—implying that worship and tapas ultimately support the manifest powers of the cosmos, which in Shaiva Siddhanta are dependent on Pati (Shiva) as the ground of all energies.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though Aditya is named, the verse points to a hierarchy of power: even the supreme luminary is ‘nourished’ by spiritual tejas. In Shaiva Siddhanta, such tejas arises through grace and discipline under Pati, indicating Shiva-tattva as the transcendent source behind all luminous deities and their functions.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Tapas and mantra-driven cultivation of tejas by rishis is implied—an inner yogic strengthening that, when aligned to devotion, parallels Pashupata discipline where the pashu (soul) refines its energies to overcome pasha (bondage) and orient toward Pati.