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 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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