The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.3: tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

3.3.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
śaunakenaivamuktastu kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
purohitamupāgamya bhrātṛmadhye'bravīdidam || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'Yudhishthira the son of Kunti, thus addressed by Saunaka, approached his priest and in the midst of his brothers said, 'The Brahmanas versed in the Vedas are following me who am departing for the forest. Afflicted with many calamities I am unable to support them. I cannot abandon them, nor have I the power to offer them sustenance: Tell me, O holy one, what should be done by me in such a pass.'

3.3.2

prasthitaṃ mānuyāntīme brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ |
na cāsmi pālane śakto bahuduḥkhasamanvitaḥ || 2 ||

3.3.3

parityaktuṃ na śaknomi dānaśaktiśca nāsti me |
kathamatra mayā kāryaṃ bhagavāṃstadbravītu me || 3 ||

3.3.4

muhūrtamiva sa dhyātvā dharmeṇānviṣya tāṃ gatim |
yudhiṣṭhiramuvācedaṃ dhaumyo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ || 4 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'After reflecting for a moment seeking to find out the (proper) course by his yoga powers, Dhaumya, that foremost of all virtuous men, addressed Yudhishthira, in these words, 'In days of old, all living beings that had been created were sorely afflicted with hunger. And like a father (unto all of them), Savita (the sun) took compassion upon them. And going first into the northern declension, the sun drew up water by his rays, and coming back to the southern declension, stayed over the earth, with his heat centered in himself. And while the sun so stayed over the earth, the lord of the vegetable world (the moon), converting the effects of the solar heat (vapours) into clouds and pouring them down in the shape of water, caused plants to spring up. Thus it is the sun himself, who, drenched by the lunar influence, is transformed, upon the sprouting of seeds, into holy vegetable furnished with the six tastes. And it is these which constitute the food of all creatures upon the earth. Thus the food that supporteth the lives of creatures is instinct with solar energy, and the sun is, therefore, the father of all creatures. Do thou, hence, O Yudhishthira, take refuge even in him. All illustrious monarchs of pure descent and deeds are known to have delivered their people by practising high asceticism. The great Karttavirya, and Vainya and Nahusha, had all, by virtue of ascetic meditation preceded by vows, delivered their people from heavy afflictions. Therefore, O virtuous one, as thou art purified by the acts do thou likewise, entering upon a file of austerities. O Bharata, virtuously support the regenerate ones.'

3.3.5

purā sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni pīḍyante kṣudhayā bhṛśam |
tato'nukampayā teṣāṃ savitā svapitā iva || 5 ||

3.3.6

gatvottarāyaṇaṃ tejorasānuddhṛtya raśmibhiḥ |
dakṣiṇāyanamāvṛtto mahīṃ niviśate raviḥ || 6 ||

3.3.7

kṣetrabhūte tatastasminnoṣadhīroṣadhīpatiḥ |
divastejaḥ samuddhṛtya janayāmāsa vāriṇā || 7 ||

3.3.8

niṣiktaścandratejobhiḥ sūyate bhūgato raviḥ |
oṣadhyaḥ ṣaḍrasā medhyāstadannaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi || 8 ||

3.3.9

evaṃ bhānumayaṃ hyannaṃ bhūtānāṃ prāṇadhāraṇam |
pitaiṣa sarvabhūtānāṃ tasmāttaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja || 9 ||

3.3.10

rājāno hi mahātmāno yonikarmaviśodhitāḥ |
uddharanti prajāḥ sarvāstapa āsthāya puṣkalam || 10 ||

3.3.11

bhīmena kārtavīryeṇa vainyena nahuṣeṇa ca |
tapoyogasamādhisthairuddhṛtā hyāpadaḥ prajāḥ || 11 ||

3.3.12

tathā tvamapi dharmātmankarmaṇā ca viśodhitaḥ |
tapa āsthāya dharmeṇa dvijātīnbhara bhārata || 12 ||

3.3.13

evamuktastu dhaumyena tatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ |
dharmarājo viśuddhātmā tapa ātiṣṭhaduttamam || 13 ||

3.3.14

puṣpopahārairbalibhirarcayitvā divākaram |
yogamāsthāya dharmātmā vāyubhakṣo jitendriyaḥ |
gāṅgeyaṃ vāryupaspṛṣya prāṇāyāmena tasthivān || 14 ||

3.3.15

janamejaya uvāca |
kathaṃ kurūṇāmṛṣabhaḥ sa tu rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
viprārthamārādhitavānsūryamadbhutavikramam || 15 ||

"Janamejaya said, 'How did that bull among the Kurus, king Yudhishthira, for the sake of the Brahmanas adore the sun of wonderful appearance?"

3.3.16

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājañśucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ |
kṣaṇaṃ ca kuru rājendra sarvaṃ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ || 16 ||

"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 one hundred and eight names (of the sun) as they were disclosed of old by Dhaumya to the high-souled son of Pritha. 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 hundred and eight 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.'

3.3.17

dhaumyena tu yatha proktaṃ pārthāya sumahātmane |
nāmnāmaṣṭaśataṃ puṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate || 17 ||

3.3.18

sūryo'ryamā bhagastvaṣṭā pūṣārkaḥ savitā raviḥ |
gabhastimānajaḥ kālo mṛtyurdhātā prabhākaraḥ || 18 ||

3.3.19

pṛthivyāpaśca tejaśca khaṃ vāyuśca parāyaṇam |
somo bṛhaspatiḥ śukro budho'ṅgāraka eva ca || 19 ||

3.3.20

indro vivasvāndīptāṃśuḥ śuciḥ śauriḥ śanaiścaraḥ |
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca skando vaiśravaṇo yamaḥ || 20 ||

3.3.21

vaidyuto jāṭharaścāgniraindhanastejasāṃ patiḥ |
dharmadhvajo vedakartā vedāṅgo vedavāhanaḥ || 21 ||

3.3.22

kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaśca kaliḥ sarvāmarāśrayaḥ |
kalā kāṣṭhā muhūrtāśca pakṣā māsā ṛtustathā || 22 ||

3.3.23

saṃvatsarakaro'śvatthaḥ kālacakro vibhāvasuḥ |
puruṣaḥ śāśvato yogī vyaktāvyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ || 23 ||

3.3.24

lokādhyakṣaḥ prajādhyakṣo viśvakarmā tamonudaḥ |
varuṇaḥ sāgaroṃ'śuśca jīmūto jīvano'rihā || 24 ||

3.3.25

bhūtāśrayo bhūtapatiḥ sarvabhūtaniṣevitaḥ |
maṇiḥ suvarṇo bhūtādiḥ kāmadaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ || 25 ||

3.3.26

jayo viśālo varadaḥ śīghragaḥ prāṇadhāraṇaḥ |
dhanvantarirdhūmaketurādidevo'diteḥ sutaḥ || 26 ||

3.3.27

dvādaśātmāravindākṣaḥ pitā mātā pitāmahaḥ |
svargadvāraṃ prajādvāraṃ mokṣadvāraṃ triviṣṭapam || 27 ||

3.3.28

dehakartā praśāntātmā viśvātmā viśvatomukhaḥ |
carācarātmā sūkṣmātmā maitreṇa vapuṣānvitaḥ || 28 ||

3.3.29

etadvai kīrtanīyasya sūryasyaiva mahātmanaḥ |
nāmnāmaṣṭaśataṃ puṇyaṃ śakreṇoktaṃ mahātmanā || 29 ||

3.3.30

śakrācca nāradaḥ prāpto dhaumyaśca tadanantaram |
dhaumyādyudhiṣṭhiraḥ prāpya sarvānkāmānavāptavān || 30 ||

3.3.31

surapitṛgaṇayakṣasevitaṃ hyasuraniśācarasiddhavanditam |
varakanakahutāśanaprabhaṃ tvamapi manasyabhidhehi bhāskaram || 31 ||

3.3.32

sūryodaye yastu samāhitaḥ paṭhetsa putralābhaṃ dhanaratnasaṃcayān |
labheta jātismaratāṃ sadā naraḥ smṛtiṃ ca medhāṃ ca sa vindate parām || 32 ||

3.3.33

imaṃ stavaṃ devavarasya yo naraḥ prakīrtayecchucisumanāḥ samāhitaḥ |
sa mucyate śokadavāgnisāgarāllabheta kāmānmanasā yathepsitān || 33 ||