The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c18.7

v2.c18.7

Arrived at the forest on the banks of the Candrabhāgā river, Sāmba commenced the most rigorous penance. ‘With his mental faculties all under control and the external organs entirely overcome, living on air only, or without food, he devoted himself to the meditation of Sūrya. He worshipped the divinity, he bepraised him, he sang hymns to his glory, and frequently called out “O Sūrya, O Sūrya”. “Salutation be to the author of the day, Salutation to the author of light. Redeem this slave rolling on the ground, O thou all-mercifull”