sooryasya soorya post 2

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Post 2

 

Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

Continuing the topic 'sooryasya soorya', In srimadh Bhagavadh geethaa krishna

says, I am 'ravi' - the sun among the luminous objects [or subjects?].

 

Since sun is krishNa [or sri vishNu himself] also 'I am one among the twelve

aadhithyaas - meaning the sun - also son of adhithi, adhithi being dhEvaki the

mother of krishNa in that krishNa avathaaram. So also he is 'aadhithya'.

 

aadhithyaanaam aham vishNu: jyOthishaam ravi: amsumaan|

mareechir maruthaam asmi nakshathraaNam aham sasee ||

 

meaning: Of the 12 aadhithyaas I am vishNu:,

Of all luminaries, I am the sun,

Of the seven maruths I am mareechi,

Of the constellations I am the moon.

 

So raamaa is "sooryasya soorya" as stated by mother sumithraa, but krishna is

soorya only (?) as stated above.

 

There is one sthOthram in the srimadh raamaayaNam praising the sun god -

aadhithya hrudhayam - sargam no.105 in yudhdha kaaNdam of srimadh raamaayaNam.

This is in total praise of sun god.

 

Sage agasthya comes to the battlefield and teaches this sthOthram in praise of

sun for ensuring victory of raaman over raavaNan.

 

dhaivathaischa samaagamya dhrashtumabhyaagathO raNam..

upaagamya abraveedhraamam agasthyO bhagavaan rishi.. 6 - 105 - 2

 

meaning: The all-knowing sage agasthya who had joined the gods to witness the

battle [between raama and raavaNa ] spoke to raamaa thus

 

aaadhithya hrudhayam punyam sarva satru vinaasanam .

jayaavaham japEnnithyam akshayyam paramam sivam 6- 105 - 4

 

meaning: This holy hymn dedicated to the sun deity will result in destroying all

enemies and bring you victory and never ending supreme bliss.

 

The list of naamaas of sun appearing in this sthOthram are

1. rashmimaan

2. samudhyaan

3. vivasvaan

4. bhaaskara:

5. bhuvanEsvara:

 

6. sarva dhEvaathmaka:

7. thEejasvee

8. rasmi bhaavanah:

9. brahmaa

10. vishNu:

 

11. siva:

12. skandha:

13. prajaapathi

14. mahEndhra:

15. dhanadha:

 

16. kaala:

17. yama:

18. sOma:

19. apaam pathi:

20. vasva pithara:

 

21. asvina:pithara:

22. maruthO pithara:

23. manu:pithara:

24. vaayupraaNa

25. agnipraaNa

 

26. prajaapraana:

27. rithu karthaa

28. prabhaakara:

29. aadityah:

30. savithaa

 

31. soorya:

32. khaga: pooshaa

33. gabhasthimaan

34. suvarna sadhrsa:

35. bhaanu:

 

36. visvarEthaa

37. dhivaakara:

38. haridhasva:

39. sahasraarchi:

40. saptha sapthi:

 

41. mareechimaan

42. thimira unmathana:

43. sambhu:

44. thvashtaa

45. maarthaaNda:

 

46. anshumaan

47. hiranya garbha:

48. adhithEputhra:

49. sankha:

50. sisirasthapana:

 

51. ahaskara:

52. ravi:

53. agni garbha:

54. adhithE: putra:

55. sisira naasana:

 

56. vyOmanaatha

57. thamObhEdhee

58. rig yajus saama paaraga:

59. ghanavrishti

60. apaam mithra

 

61. vindhya veethee plavangama:

62. aaathapee mandalee mruthyu:

63. pingala:

64. sarvathaapana:

65. visvakavi

 

66. mahaathEja:

67. raktha:

68. sarva bhava udhbhava:

69. nakshathra graha thaaraanaam adhipa:

70. visva bhaavana:

 

71. thEjasaamapi thEjasvee

72. dhvaadhasaathman

73. jyOthirganaanaam pathi:

74. dhina adhipathi:

75. jaya:

 

76. jayabhadra:

77. haryashva:

78. sahasra amsa:

79. ugra:

80. veera:

 

81. saaranga:

82. padhma prabodha:

83. prachaNda

84. brahma eesa:

85. achyutha eesa:

 

86. suraayaa: aadhithyavarchas

87. Bhaasvee:

88. sarva bhaksha:

89. raudhra:

90. thamOghna:

 

91. himagna:

92. satrughna:

93. amithaathmana:

94. kritaghna hana:

95. dhEva

 

96. jyOthishaam pathi:

97. thaptha chaamee karaabha:

98. hari:

99. visvakarmaNa:

100. thama aBhinighna:

 

101. ruchi:

102. loka saakshi

103. agni hOthra:

104. agnihOthriNaam phalam

105. parama praBhu:

 

106. dhEva dhEva:

107. vEdha krathu

108. jagathpathI:

 

In the first post we saw 54 names for sun as in amara kOsam. Here we see 108

names of sun in aadhithya hrudhaya sthOthram as in raamaayaNam.

 

We will see some points on this sthOthram in the next post.

 

Dhaasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.