SB 12.6.67 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीयाज्ञवल्‍क्य उवाच ॐ नमो भगवते आदित्यायाखिलजगतामात्मस्वरूपेण कालस्वरूपेण चतुर्विधभूतनिकायानां ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तानामन्तर्हृदयेषु बहिरपि चाकाश इवोपाधिनाव्यवधीयमानो भवानेक एव क्षणलवनिमेषावयवोपचितसंवत्सरगणेनापामादान विसर्गाभ्यामिमां लोकयात्रामनुवहति ॥ ६७ ॥

Verse text

śrī-yājṣavalkya uvāca oṁ namo bhagavate ādityāyākhila-jagatām ātma-svarūpeṇa kāla-svarūpeṇa catur-vidha-bhūta-nikāyānāṁ brahmādi-stamba-paryantānām antar-hṛdayeṣu bahir api cākāśa ivopādhināvyavadhīyamāno bhavān eka eva kṣaṇa-lava-nimeṣāvayavopacita-saṁvatsara-gaṇenāpām ādāna- visargābhyām imāṁ loka-yātrām anuvahati.

Synonyms

śrī — yājṣavalkyaḥ uvāca — Śrī Yājṣavalkya said ; oṁ namaḥ — I offer my respectful obeisances ; bhagavate — to the Personality of Godhead ; ādityāya — appearing as the sun-god ; akhila — jagatām — of all the planetary systems ; ātma — svarūpeṇa — in the form of the Supersoul ; kāla — svarūpeṇa — in the form of time ; catuḥ — vidha — of four kinds ; bhūta — nikāyānām — of all the living beings ; brahma — ādi — beginning from Lord Brahmā ; stamba — paryantānām — and extending down to the blades of grass ; antaḥ — hṛdayeṣu — within the recesses of their hearts ; bahiḥ — externally ; api — also ; ca — and ; ākāśaḥ iva — in the same way as the sky ; upādhinā — by material designations ; avyavadhīyamānaḥ — not being covered ; bhavān — yourself ; ekaḥ — alone ; eva — indeed ; kṣaṇa — lava — nimeṣa — the kṣaṇa, lava and nimeṣa (the smallest fractions of time) ; avayava — by these fragments ; upacita — collected together ; saṁvatsara — gaṇena — by the years ; apām — of the water ; ādāna — by taking away ; visargābhyām — and giving ; imām — this ; loka — of the universe ; yātrām — the maintenance ; anuvahati — carries out .

Translation

Śrī Yājṣavalkya said: I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as the sun. You are present as the controller of the four kinds of living entities, beginning from Brahmā and extending down to the blades of grass. Just as the sky is present both inside and outside every living being, you exist both within the hearts of all as the Supersoul and externally in the form of time. Just as the sky cannot be covered by the clouds present within it, you are never covered by any false material designation. By the flow of years, which are made up of the tiny fragments of time called kṣaṇas, lavas and nimeṣas, you alone maintain this world, drying up the waters and giving them back as rain.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Yājṣavalkya said: I offer my respectful obeisances to you, the sun, most wealthy lord of whole universe, who alone are present in all being of four types, from Brahmā to the trees, who are present internally as the ātmā and externally as time, but remain uncovered by upādhis just as ether is untouched, and who maintain worldly existence by drawing up and expelling water by the year, which is a combination of kṣanas, lavas and nimeṣas. I offer respects to you, the sun, the lord of the whole universe, who alone supports worldly existence. The word bhagavate here means “unto you who are most wealthy.” Amara-koṣa says bhaga means wealth, greatness and love. You exist inside and outside of the four types of living bodies respectively as ātmā and time. Though you are situated in the heart, you, like ether, are not covered by upādhis like the jīva. You support the world with drying up and pouring of water annually, in years composed of divisions of kṣanas, lavas and nimeṣas.

Purport

This prayer is not offered to the sun-god as an independent or autonomous entity but rather to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, represented by His powerful expansion the solar deity.