Post 2
Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
The paaNdavaas were asked to leave for the forest, having lost the dice game to
dhuryOdhanan and team. The droupathy maana bangam has been completed and
paaNdaavas leave for the forest. The people of the kingdom accompanied them to
some distance and stopped. But the brahmanaas rishis and munis continued with
them into the forest. Since they stuck to their guns of coming along with them
the king yudhishtira had the problem of feeding them. As the king, he felt the
responsibility and asked his guru sage dhoumya, how to feed these people, that
having been deprived of the kingdom and the wealth. Then dhoumya advised
yudhishtira to pray to sun god who will provide the wealth required and thus
take care. This is appearing in 'vana parva' or aaraNyaka parva, the third
major part of maha bharatham - in chapter 2.
Now the meaning of the slokams seen in previous post. [since the whole
bhaaratham is as a sort of conversation - vaisampaayana says this to the other
rishi who was listening bhaaratham -
"Vaisampayana said, 'Listen attentively, O king, purifying thyself and
withdrawing thy mind from every other thing. And, O king of kings, appoint thou
a time. I will tell thee everything in detail, And, O illustrious one, listen
to the 108 names (of the sun) as they were disclosed of old by Dhaumya to the
high-souled son of Pritha [viz. yudhishtira].
Dhaumya said,
'Surya, Aryaman, Bhaga, Twastri, Pusha, Arka, Savitri. Ravi, Gabhastimat, Aja,
Kala, Mrityu, Dhatri, Prabhakara, Prithibi, Apa, Teja, Kha, Vayu, the sole
stay, Soma, Vrihaspati, Sukra, Budha, Angaraka, Indra, Vivaswat, Diptanshu,
Suchi, Sauri, Sanaichara, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Skanda, Vaisravana, Yama,
Vaidyutagni, Jatharagni, Aindhna, Tejasampati, Dharmadhwaja, Veda-karttri,
Vedanga, Vedavahana, Krita, Treta, Dwapara, Kali, full of every impurity, Kala,
Kastha, Muhurtta, Kshapa, Yama, and Kshana; Samvatsara-kara, Aswattha,
Kalachakra, Bibhavasu, Purusha, Saswata, Yogin, Vyaktavyakta, Sanatana,
Kaladhyaksha, Prajadhyaksha, Viswakarma, Tamounda, Varuna, Sagara, Ansu,
Jimuta, Jivana, Arihan, Bhutasraya, Bhutapati, Srastri, Samvartaka, Vanhi,
Sarvadi, Alolupa, Ananta, Kapila, Bhanu, Kamada, Sarvatomukha, Jaya, Visala,
Varada, Manas, Suparna, Bhutadi, Sighraga, Prandharana, Dhanwantari, Dhumaketu,
Adideva, Aditisuta, Dwadasatman, Aravindaksha, Pitri, Matri, Pitamaha,
Swarga-dwara, Prajadwara, Mokshadwara, Tripistapa, Dehakarti, Prasantatman,
Viswatman, Viswatomukha, Characharatman, Sukhsmatman, the merciful Maitreya.
These are the 108 names of Surya of immeasurable energy, as told by the
self-create (Brahma). For the acquisition of prosperity, I bow down to thee, O
Bhaskara, blazing like unto gold or fire, who is worshipped of the gods and the
Pitris and the Yakshas, and who is adored by Asuras, Nisacharas, and Siddhas.
He, that, with fixed attention reciteth this hymn at sunrise, obtaineth wife
and offspring and riches and the memory of his former existence, and by
reciting this hymn a person attaineth patience and memory. Let a man
concentrating his mind, recite this hymn. By doing so, he shall be proof
against grief and forest-fire and ocean and every object of desire shall be
his.'
We will see more on this in next post. [The translation is as per 'kesari mohan
ganguly' available in internet].
Dhasan
vasudevan m.g.
Vasudevan m.g.
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