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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

Continuing the topic 'sooryasya soorya', In srimadh Bhagavadh geethaa krishna 
says, I am 'ravi' - the sun among the luminous objects [or subjects?]. 

Since sun is krishNa [or sri vishNu himself] also 'I am one among the twelve 
aadhithyaas - meaning the sun - also son of adhithi, adhithi being dhEvaki the 
mother of krishNa in that krishNa avathaaram. So also he is 'aadhithya'. 

aadhithyaanaam aham vishNu: jyOthishaam ravi: amsumaan|
mareechir maruthaam asmi nakshathraaNam aham sasee ||

meaning: Of the 12 aadhithyaas I am vishNu:,
Of all luminaries, I am the sun,
Of the seven maruths I am mareechi, 
Of the constellations I am the moon.

So raamaa is "sooryasya soorya" as stated by mother sumithraa, but krishna is 
soorya only (?) as stated above.

There is one sthOthram in the srimadh raamaayaNam praising the sun god - 
aadhithya hrudhayam - sargam no.105 in yudhdha kaaNdam of srimadh raamaayaNam. 
This is in total praise of sun god.

Sage agasthya comes to the battlefield and teaches this sthOthram in praiseof 
sun for ensuring victory of raaman over raavaNan. 

dhaivathaischa samaagamya dhrashtumabhyaagathO raNam..
upaagamya abraveedhraamam agasthyO bhagavaan rishi.. 6 - 105 - 2

meaning: The all-knowing sage agasthya who had joined the gods to witness the 
battle [between raama and raavaNa ] spoke to raamaa thus

aaadhithya hrudhayam punyam sarva satru vinaasanam .
jayaavaham japEnnithyam akshayyam paramam sivam 6- 105 - 4

meaning: This holy hymn dedicated to the sun deity will result in destroying 
all enemies and bring you victory and never ending supreme bliss.

The list of naamaas of sun appearing in this sthOthram are
1.      rashmimaan  
2.      samudhyaan 
3.      vivasvaan 
4.      bhaaskara: 
5.      bhuvanEsvara:

6.      sarva dhEvaathmaka:  
7.      thEejasvee 
8.      rasmi bhaavanah:
9.      brahmaa
10.     vishNu:

11.     siva:
12.     skandha:
13.     prajaapathi
14.     mahEndhra: 
15.     dhanadha: 

16.     kaala: 
17.     yama: 
18.     sOma:
19.     apaam pathi: 
20.     vasva pithara: 

21.     asvina:pithara:
22.     maruthO pithara:
23.     manu:pithara:
24.     vaayupraaNa
25.     agnipraaNa 

26.     prajaapraana:
27.     rithu karthaa 
28.     prabhaakara: 
29.     aadityah:
30.     savithaa 

31.     soorya: 
32.     khaga: pooshaa 
33.     gabhasthimaan
34.     suvarna sadhrsa: 
35.     bhaanu: 

36.     visvarEthaa 
37.     dhivaakara: 
38.     haridhasva: 
39.     sahasraarchi: 
40.     saptha sapthi: 

41.     mareechimaan
42.     thimira unmathana: 
43.     sambhu:
44.     thvashtaa 
45.     maarthaaNda: 

46.     anshumaan 
47.     hiranya garbha: 
48.     adhithEputhra:
49.     sankha:
50.     sisirasthapana: 

51.     ahaskara:
52.     ravi:
53.     agni garbha:
54.     adhithE: putra:
55.     sisira naasana: 

56.     vyOmanaatha 
57.     thamObhEdhee 
58.     rig yajus saama paaraga:
59.     ghanavrishti 
60.     apaam mithra 

61.     vindhya veethee plavangama: 
62.     aaathapee mandalee mruthyu: 
63.     pingala: 
64.     sarvathaapana:
65.     visvakavi 

66.     mahaathEja: 
67.     raktha: 
68.     sarva bhava udhbhava: 
69.     nakshathra graha thaaraanaam adhipa:
70.     visva bhaavana:

71.     thEjasaamapi thEjasvee 
72.     dhvaadhasaathman
73.     jyOthirganaanaam pathi: 
74.     dhina adhipathi:
75.     jaya:

76.     jayabhadra:
77.     haryashva:
78.     sahasra amsa:
79.     ugra: 
80.     veera: 

81.     saaranga:
82.     padhma prabodha:
83.     prachaNda
84.     brahma eesa: 
85.     achyutha eesa:  

86.     suraayaa: aadhithyavarchas
87.     Bhaasvee:  
88.     sarva bhaksha: 
89.     raudhra: 
90.     thamOghna: 

91.     himagna: 
92.     satrughna: 
93.     amithaathmana:
94.     kritaghna hana: 
95.     dhEva 

96.     jyOthishaam pathi:
97.     thaptha chaamee karaabha: 
98.     hari: 
99.     visvakarmaNa:
100.    thama aBhinighna:

101.    ruchi:  
102.    loka saakshi 
103.    agni hOthra:
104.    agnihOthriNaam phalam
105.    parama praBhu: 

106.    dhEva dhEva:
107.    vEdha krathu
108.    jagathpathI: 

In the first post we saw 54 names for sun as in amara kOsam. Here we see 108 
names of sun in aadhithya hrudhaya sthOthram as in raamaayaNam. 

We will see some points on this sthOthram in the next post.

Dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.




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