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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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