23/03/2024
Now we shall expound Atharvangiras in relation to the sun: The seer is Brahma, metre Gayatri, Aditya
the deity, ‘Hamsas so’ham with Agni and Narayana is the seed, the power is hrillekha or hrim, the pin
is the power in the process of unfolding the sky etc., the application is its use in repetition for winning
the four human goals. The six limbs consist of the seed with six vowels added.
He indeed is a Brahmana who thus knows the golden Narayana with the blessed sun, impeller of the
time-wheel, having four arms and two lotuses, showing promise of refuge and boon, mounted on the
sun chariot, set in the red lotus.
Om, Earth, middle region and sky; we meditate on the adorable splendour of Savitar who may inspire
our thoughts. The sun is the self of the world, moving as well as un-moving. From Surya indeed are
these creatures born, the Yajna, Parjanya, food and spirit.
I bow to you Aditya; you are the agent himself, the manifest Brahman, Rudra, Vishnu, Rig-Veda etc., as
well as all the chandas (Metre-Vedas).
From Aditya is born Vayu, Bhumi, water, fire, sky, directions, Devas, Vedas; the sun scorches this
sphere; this sun is Brahman, the inner organ, mind, intellect, mind-stuff and Ego, Prana etc., (the five
airs), the five sense organs and five motor organs, sound, touch, form, taste and smell; speech, taking
