SrI:
In the first anuvAkam ,
JalAbhimAna
dEvathais , Sarasvati and
other dEvataas were saluted . These vandhanams are to be
considered as
Vandhanams for Lord Soorya Himself , since the theertams , Oshadhis
(Medicinal plants) become
powerful thru
the sambhandham with Sun's
rays .Thus
Sooryan
is their life giver .
Second AnuvAkam ( MantrAs
4-7)
Mantram #
4
smruti:
pratyaksha-maitihya
anumAna-scchatushta
yEtai-rAditya maNDalam
sarvairEvavidhAsyat
SooryO
MareechimaadattE
sarvasmAdh
bhuvanaadadhi
tasyA:
paakaviSEshENa
smrutam kaala
viSEshaNam
nadheeva prabhavAt
kaachit
akshayaat syandhatE yathaa
(Meaning): The soorya MaNDalam
can be truly comprehended only
with
the help/use of all the
following
four means:
(1) Smruti:This is the dharma sAstram
folowing Maharishi's instructions
based
on the Vedams .
(2) Pratyaksham: The evidence cognized
by the senses directly
.
(3) Itihiyam:
the story of the ancient ones such as ItihAsam .
(4) anumAnam:
Inference thru anubhavam.
chatushtyam
sarvairEva yEtairAditya
maNDalam vidhAsyatE =With the help of
all
these four , the orbit of the Sun is
understood in its true nature
.
sarvasmAt bhuvanAtadhi
Soorya: Mareechim AadattE = Above all the universe, Sooryan
is
resplendent with His rays.
TasyA: paaka viSEshENa
kaala viSEshaNam smrutam = Through the heat of those rays
,objects are perfected
( ripened) and changed.The
course of time ( kaala viSEshaNam) is understood thru the changes brought about by the heat of those rays of Sooryan
( TasyA: paaka
viSEshENa Kaala
ViSEshaNam
smrutam).
Kaachit nadhee akshayaat
prabhavAt
yathaa syandatEiva=Similar to some
river
flowing from a never drying source ,the river named Kaalam ( Time) flows
from Soorya NaarAyaNan
. Kaala
PravAham is linked thus directly
to
the hot rays ( mareechi) of the Sun
.
In the next mantram of the
second
anuvAkam , the passage of time thru
its many units like second , minute ,
hour ,day , month leading upto the year
is described .Sooryan is pointed out and
saluted as the atidEvatai for the river
Kaalam .
( To Be
continued).
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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