History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.964

v6.c81.964

⁶²¹ यत्त्वा सूर्य स्वर्भानुस्तमसाविध्यदासुरः । ... स्वर्भानोरध यदिन्द्र माया अवो दिवो वर्तमाना अबाहन्। गूळ्हं सूर्य तमसापव्रतेन तुरीयेण ब्रह्मणाविन्ददत्रिः॥ ग्राव्णो ब्रह्मा युयुजानः (*Continued from last page*) पर्यैन् कीरिणा देवान्नमसोपशिक्षन् । अत्रि सूर्यस्य दिवि चक्षुराधात् स्वर्भानोरप माया अघुक्षत् ॥ ऋ V 40 5,6,8 It is difficult to say what the words तुरीयेण ब्रह्मणा exactly mean, the 4th verse (तुरीय ब्रह्म) from the 5th appears to say that Atri prepared to extract Soma, offered worship with a hymn of praise and prostrated himself before the gods and that thereby Atri restored the eye of the Heavens viz the orb of the sun to its usual splendour and (with the favour of Indra and Varuṇa) dispelled the wiles of Svarbhānu. It is probable that Atri and his family assured the common people that the sun would in a short time appear in all his glory. 'स्वर्भानुर्हासुर आदित्यं तमसाविध्यत्तस्यात्रयस्तमौपजिघासन्त एतं सप्तदशस्तोमं त्र्यहं पुरस्ताद्विषुवत् उपायंस्तस्य परस्तात्तमोपजघ्नुः।' शाङ्खायन-ब्राह्मण 24 3.