The 20th PanchAti Text
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AarOgO bhrAja: PaDara:
patanga:
svarNarO jyOtishimAn
vibhAsa:
tE asmai sarvE
dhivamAtapanti
Urjam dhuhAnA
anapasphuranta iti
KaSyapOashtama:
sa MahA MErum na
jahAti
tasyaishA
bhavati
yattE Silpam
KaSyapaparOchanAvat
indhriyAvatpushkalam chitrabhAnu
Yasmin sUryA arpitAs
saptasAkam
20th Mantram: Word by
word Meaning:
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AarOga: bhrAja:
PaDara: Patanga:
svarNara: jyOthishmAn
, VibhAsa: =
Those with the names of AarOgan,
BhrAjan,PaDaran , Patangan , SvarNaran, JyOthisheemAn and VibhAsan . (These
are the seven kinds of Sooryan which becomes eight with Kasyapan
).
tE sarvE asmai
UrjamdhuhAnA: anapasphuranta : dhivam Aatapanti
=
All of these various forms of Suryan
( tE sarvE) stay as the life giving milk( asmai Urjam) and pour down
rains ( duhAnA:) and spread their rays and shine in the firmament ( dhivam)
without any inauspiciousness in their JyOthi
( anapasphuranta:
Aatapanti).
KaSyapOashtama:=
Beyond the seven mentioned above is the eighth ,
Kasyapan. In Him is housed all the other seven forms . As the Sun
travels from equator to Northern apex , and the other way to Southern apex ,
it changes into the 7 forms related to its 7 colors (VIBGYOR) with the
different sections of earth it passes thru . The eighth unchanged form
is that of Kasyapa, which is located in the northern apex ( Mahaa Meru
Mountain) . The power of all other 7 forms of Sun are incorporated in
Kasyapa .
Sa na:
JahAthy = This 8th form of Kasyapar does not
leave Meru mountain .
Tasya yEshA bhavati = About his 8th form , there is a Mantram
.
Kasyapa tE rOchanAvath
indhriyAvath pushkalam ChitrabhAnu yath Silpam yasmin sapta
SooryA: saakam arpitA:=
Oh Kasyapa !
Please unite this UpAsakan's mind with Your lustrous ( rochanAvath) , limb
empowering
(IndhriyAvath) , nourishing (
pushkalam)
multicolored
rays (chitrabhAnu:) contained inside You as Your seven forms ( yath
Silpam yasmin saptha SooryA: saakam arpitA:)
.
The next mantram
continues with the Prayer to Kasyapa Aadityan for blessing the upAsakan to
gain a lofty status in this world .
SrI Veda PurushAya nama:
Dhaasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
M,
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