Sun’s propitiation- A Collection
The Vow of Saptami
in
Honour of the Sun
Padma Puräëa I.77.1-105

Vaiçampäyana said;

O lord, O best of brähmaëas, who is the one that daily appears in the sky? Who is he? What is his power? Where is the lord of heat born? What function does he do, as he is very full of rays? He is fit to be always worshipped by all gods, best sages, Siddhas, Cäraëas, demons and evil spirits, as well as by human beings like brähmaëas and others.

Vyäsa said:

He is a great luster of Brahman and has come out from Brahma’s body. Know him to be actually full of Brahman and the giver of fruits of the four goals of human life viz. righteousness, enjoyment, worldly prosperity and salvation.

He is a heap made of spotless rays, is very hot and extremely unbearable. Seeing him, people, tormented by his hot rays fled.

Then the oceans, the best small and big rivers etc. became dry; creatures and sick people died.

Then gods like indra and others approached Brahmä. They told him this and Brahmä said to the gods: "O gods, he, the lord, is the first creator of the rays of light giving vitality and is born from Brahman’s body.

He is actually full of great activity and has the Moon in his body. In the three worlds, all the human race along with the mobile and immobile and the gods effecting divine things,; all the viviparous, oviparous beings, insects and plants are protected by these to. I cannot at all describe the power of this Sun. He has protected, created and nourished the worlds.

No one resembles him on account of his protecting all. Seeing him at the dawn, heap of sins are destroyed. The men of the brahmaëa caste and others obtain salvation after propitiating him. It is said that the brähmaëas, who, knowing the Vedas, have their arms raised at the time of offering the three daily prayers, are very much honoured by gods. All brähmaëas, after having worshipped the goddess of the form of Sandhyä, remaining in is disc, obtain heaven and salvation.

Even the remnants of food fallen on the ground are purified by his rays. One would obtain purity from sin by merely offering the three daily prayers. Those men, who, after seeing a cäëòäla, or a killer of cows or a fallen person, or one suffering from leprosy or full of great sins are covered with minor sins, see the Sun, are purified ( i.e., freed) from a great sin.¹

Merely by worshipping him, one is free from all diseases. A man by worshipping the Sun never has blindness, poverty, misery or grief, here or in the next world. Gods like Viñëu, Çiva being invisible, are never seen in the world; they can be seen through meditation. This god is said to be the one who is always seen.

The gods said:

He may be pleased by propitiation; let there be waiting upon and worshipping him. But, O Brahman, his very sight is like the fire at the time of the end of the world. All beings like men and others have been reduced to the state of death on the earth.

Due to the power of his luster, oceans and others have perished. Even we are unable to bear his luster, then how can other ordinary people bear it?

Therefore, through your favour, tell us the means by which people would devotedly worship the Sun. Hearing these words of the gods, Brahmä went to the sun. Having gone to him, he started praising him for the good of all the worlds.

"O God, you are the untainted eye of all the world. You are actually of the form of Brahman. You are like the fire at the end of the world, who cannot be easily looked at. You always remain in all gods; Väyu is your friend; food etc., in the body is digested due to you; and also one’s life would be certainly due to you. The creation and destruction of the world are due to you. O god; you alone are the lord of the world. Without you all the people would not live even for a day.

You are the lord, the saviour, the protector, the father and the mother of all the worlds including the mobile and the immobile. The world is sustained due to your favour.

O lord among gods, there is none like you. Everywhere you are present, the world is sustained by you alone. You create form and smell; the sweetness in liquids is due to you. Thus the Sun, the lord of the universe, is the cause of the stability of everything.

O lord, you alone are the pious cause of all the auspicious sacred places and of sacrifices; you are the witness of all and the mine of virtues.

You are omniscient; you are the cause of everything; you take away everything; you are the protector of everything; you are always striving. You destroy darkness, sins, diseases; and you remove poverty and misery.

You are a great relative in the next and this world; you are omniscient and see everything. Except you, there is none who helps all the worlds."

The Sun said:

O grandsire, O highly intelligent one, the lord of the universe, the cause of everything, O Brahman, quickly speak what best I can do for you.

Brahmä said:

You are a very hot luster, very difficult to be borne by people. O lord of gods, act in such a way that your luster becomes mild.

The Sun said:

O lord, I have crores and crores of strong rays, which would destroy the worlds; they do not do anything liked by people. So using some instrument, cut them off.

Then at the words of the Sun, Brahmä quickly called Viçvakarman and he fashioned a lathe of diamond, cut off the Sun’s rays resembling the fire at the time of universal destruction. With them only, he fashioned Viñëu’s disc called Sudarçana. He also fashioned the infallible staff of Yama and the trident of Çiva and the excellent sword Käla and the missile called Çakti causing great delight, and the also the excellent weapon Caëòikä and a lovely lance. That Viçvakarman himself quickly fashioned these at the order of Brahmä.

He also sharpened the other remaining portion of the Sun. Then due to the absence of any other means of his birth he was born from Aditi’s womb as the son of the sage Kaçyapa and so was known as Äditya. He moves on the border of the universe and goes round Meru’s peak. So also high up in the sky, away from the earth at a distance of a lakh yojanas, the planets like the Moon etc., being ordained by Brahmä, move there. The Sun, of twelve forms, moves for twelve months. All know that the Saìkränti² is due to his transition.

I shall now, O sage, tell you all the fruit that is obtained by one on these Saìkränti days on which the Sun enters Dhanu, Mithuna, Ména and Kanyä are called Ñaòaçéti. That Saìkränti day on which he enters the signs Våñabha, Våçcika, Kumbha and Siàha are known as Viñëupadé. Know that the offerings manes, gifts and worship of deities performed on these days give eternal fruits.

The fruit of such offerings given on a Ñaòaçéti, is thousands of times greater.

The fruit of such offerings given on a Viñëupadé has a lakh fold fruit.

That given on an ayana is a crore fold.

That gift given on a Viñëupadi is said to be inexhaustible. I say that it remains with the giver birth after birth.

The body does not suffer from cold by giving a piece of cloth in the cold season.

The fruit of giving gold equal to one’s own weight and of giving a bed is inexhaustible.

He, who humbly gives a fully furnished bed to a brahmaëa, the chief of all castes, would get the position of a king.

Similarly, by giving gold, water on the bank of a river and by giving oil and tämbüla, one would be a king on the earth.

By solemnly saluting a brähmaëa, the wealthy person would eternally get the fruit of the salvation.

By gratifying the manes at dawn of the fifteenth day of the dark half of Mägha, one lives eternally in heaven.

One should give a cow having golden horns, shining with jewels, having silver hoofs and having big udders made of bell-metal. By giving this cow to the best of brähmaëas, a man becomes a sovereign king.

By giving food and ornaments, one would become a king-the lord of a province.

He, who would give a spotted cow with all the necessary articles, becomes free from the sin committed during the past seven births and would remain eternally in heaven. By giving dainty food to a brähmaëa, he obtains heaven eternally.

Prosperity does not abandon him, who gives grains, cloth, servants, an abode, a seat to the best brähmaëa.

Whatever small or large gift is given on this day of the anniversary of a yugädyä (the anniversary of the first day of a Yuga) etc., is inexhaustible in the next world.

The worship of a deity, a hymn of praise, listening to a religious discourse, purifies a person from all sins and he is honoured in heaven.

The third day of the bright half of Mägha is known as Manvantaré. All the gifts given on that day are said to be inexhaustible and to bring him wealth, pleasures, kingdom and residence in heaven, even in the next kalpa. Therefore, gifts, worship of the good, gives an endless fruit in the next world.

The Manvantaré occurs in Mägha. Similarly, the seventh day of the bright half of Mägha is said to be the most auspicious day. It is preserved by the Puräëas (i.e., declared to be auspicious). This seventh day of the bright half of Mägha is called Koöibhäskara. Having fasted on this auspicious day, a man is liberated; there is no doubt about it. This day is comparable to the solar eclipse day. Bathing at dawn on that day gives great fruit.

One should recite the hymn:

The seventh day of Mägha
Should destroy my sins committed in the previous seven births and also my disease and misery.
This seventh day is the mother of all beings
O you Sap tame belonging to the Sun³
You have come up on the seventh day, my salutations to you,
O goddess living in the disc of the Sun

By offering an arka leaf, a fragrant flower, a badari fruit, keeping all these in a copper vessel with rice and also a sacred thread with red lead and offering a very auspicious respectful offering, all the sins committed during the previous seven births will perish.
Till then, he is troubled by residence in hells and sinful and painful diseases. He should eat pure food (Haviñyänna- food fit to be eaten during days of fast), made with rice exposed to the Sun. He should avoid flour, ginger, fruits or roots used as vegetables, a bud, spoilt leaves, plantains, ghee prepared from a she-goat. He should be free from lice, perfumes and avoid bath with hot water. At the time of the vow in honour of the Sun, he should avoid all fruits having few seeds.
He, who is observing the vow, should not think of anything else except about righteousness. The vow in honour of the Sun is greatly meritorious and is commended by the Puräëas. A man who practices it obtains eternal enjoyments like those of the Sun in heaven for thousands and hundreds of crores of years.
Enjoying in heaven like this and after the end of his residence in heaven, be becomes a prosperous king on earth and in the mortal world, he again practices the vow of the Sun due to his repeated practice in the former births. Then he himself obtains eternal happiness and enjoyments in the heaven and he obtains good health and wealth due to the favour of the Sun.
The seventh day of the bright half of Mägha which falls on a Sunday is well known as Mahäjayä. The one falling on any other day is called Vijayä.
The fruit of Vijayä is a lakh crores, while that of a Mahäjayä is endless. Even by practicing one of these vows, he is free from the bondage of birth and death.
He who gives the best horse, gold, red cloth, grains, out of love for the Sun, becomes the lord of heaven and earth in succession.
I shall tell you the difference among these. O Brähmaëa, listen properly. He who gives an excellent horse adorned with the best ornaments becomes the king of the earth, surrounded by seven seas and is free from enemies.

The wise have laid down as the present to a brähmaëa, sandal without a horse, but with a mäña or two of gold accompanied by bulls; so also a pot decked with jewels made of gold. Or by giving only gold, he becomes a rich lord of the heaven.

He who gives red cloth and grains according to his capacity, becomes the lord of heaven and earth and prosperity never forsakes him.

He becomes healthy, his mind is pleased; he conquers the evil beings and is valourous. As long as the Sun shines eternally, he is honoured most.

He who practices the vow of Mäyäsaptamé as the twelfth in Mägha etc., enjoys the fruit in this world, and is honoured by gods also.

A wise man having duly practiced the vow of Arkäìgasaptamé falling on a Sunday, becomes purified from sin and having obtained the desired things in this world, would obtain salvation.

I shall tell you the distinct mark of this vow and also the right to be performed every month. Due to the propitiousness of this vow, he is honoured by gods in heaven.

When Uttaräyaëa sets in, on a Sunday and in the male nakshatra in the bright half, one should receive the vow of Saptamé.

The wise say that Hasta, Maitra (i.e., Anurädhä) Puñya, Çravas (Sravaëa), Måga and Punarvasu are male nakshatras.

It is said one should eat only once on the fifth day, should eat only at night on the sixth day, should fast on the seventh day and the fast would be broken on the eighth day.

The food to break the fast should only be the size of a peacock’s egg. The quantity of ghee should be like that only.

When the Sun doubles his shadow, he should know it to be Nakta. Nakta is eating at night.

He should first worship the deity with fruits, flowers etc., and sacred hymns. Then he should gift food according to the rules and proportions.

Then follow the meditation. He should meditate upon the Sun especially at the time of worshipping him, who is full of good marks, who is adorned with all ornaments, who has two arms, whose complexion is red, who has held in his hand a red lotus, whose disc is lustrous, who remains in a large quantity of water, who is with his attendants, who is seated on a lotus, who is anointed with red sandal.

Then he should recite this sacred hymn:

We make an offering to Bhäskara, possessing a thousand rays.
We think of him.
Let that Sun urge us on.

This hymn is said to be very effective and when recited on the seventh day, brings victory.
He should worship the Sun with Karvéra and Karaïja flowers resembling the red saffron.
Then, particularly on the eighth day, the fast should be broken. The fast should be broken on the eighth day only and never on the ninth; for if the fast is broken on the ninth day, he does not get the fruit of the vow. The fast should be broken in the afternoon and the food should be not be bitter, pungent or sour.
He should carefully cleanse the rice and avoid blades of grass or seeds etc., He should also avoid kidney-beans, beans, sesamun and ghee.
With devotion and according to his capacity, he should feed the brähmaëas by giving them food with vegetarian sauces and drinks.
He should suitably distribute presents among the brähmaëas. He who observes this vow of Saptamé which gives unending fruit, which destroys all sins and increases wealth and number of sons, and he, O best of Brähmaëas, who, having observed it every month to please the Sun, devoutly breaks the fast, goes to the Sun’s heaven. He would live in heaven for a crore of kalpas and then obtain the best position.

This alone is the great secret told formerly by Çiva.

By constantly listening to it and by observing the vow or by narrating it to the people, the fruit that one gets is the same.

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Mahäpätaka¹- The five great sins are: murder of a brähmaëa, drinking alcohol, stealing, having illicit relation with one’s preceptor’s wife and contact with those who commit these sins.
Saìkränti²- When Sun moves through Mesa to Tula is known as Viçva Saìkränti and when the Sun moves through Karka or Makara, it is known as Ayana Saìkränti.
Sun³- Saptasapti, an epithet of the Sun

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The Pacification of the Sun
Padma Puräëa Part II
Såsöikhaëòa
Section I.78.1-65

Vaiçampäyana said:

O revered sir, through your favour I have heard the purifying vow. I desire to hear another vow which is dear to the Sun.

Vyäsa said:

Skanda, saluting, with his head touching the ground, Çiva, seated comfortably on Kailäsa peak, said these words: "I have heard in detail from you the vow called ‘Arkäìga’. O Lord, I now desire to hear correctly about the fruit of the day etc.,"

The Lord said:

A man who observes this vow should offer a respectful oblation with red flowers on Sunday. By eating only at night food fit to be eaten during days of fast, he is not deprived of heaven. The highest lord, along with his attendants, is pleased with him, who performs all auspicious rites on the seventh day which falls on a Sunday only. Even by observing the vow once on the 7^th day falling on a Sunday, he gets the status of a brave man as long as the Sun shines in the sky. The vow performed on the seventh day falling on a Sunday satisfies all desires, is auspicious, gives prosperity, destroy diseases, takes one to heaven and takes one to salvation and is beneficial. On the auspicious seventh day falling on a Sunday and Samkränti day, all the worship or vow would become inexhaustible.

On a bright Sunday, a man should worship the chief of planets. He should draw his figure in a circle with unwashed point, setting it out with energy.

Having meditated upon him, having two arms, seated on a red lotus, of a charming neck, dressed in red garments, adorned with red ornaments, he should drop in the North Eastern direction with flower held in both hands, after having smelt it.

He should recite the hymn:

‘We make an offering to Äditya; we meditate upon Bhäskara.
May Bhänu impel us’

Then he should do the anointment according to the rite told by his preceptor. After anointment, he should present incense; after the incense, he should present the lamp; after the lamp, he should make an offering of eatables; then he should present water. Then he should mutter sacred hymns, do mudras¹ and salute the deity.

The first mudra is called aïjali, the other one is known as dhenukä. He who would worship the Sun would be absorbed into the Sun.

Due to the favour of the sun, Brahmä’s skull clinging to my hand and the sin due to the murder of the Brahman dropped on the bank of the Ganges at Väräëasé.
There is no greater deity than the Sun in the three worlds. Due to his favour, I was absolved of the terrible sin.
 


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Sürya mudra¹

 

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Sun Worship
Contemplation of Hari and Sun worship
Garuòa Puräëa Part 1 Chapter 16 & 17

 

Rudra said:

O Lord, the holder of the sankha, chakra and gada, please narrate to me further the process of contemplation on Lord Viñëu, the pure Supreme Soul.

Hari said:

O Rudra, listen to the procedure in the contemplation of Lord Hari which destroys the tree of worldly existence.

There is the great Brahman whose form is invisible, whose end cannot be seen, who is omnipresent, unborn, immutable imperishable, all-pervasive, eternal, the root cause of the whole universe and the Supreme Lord of all.

He is seated in the heart of all living beings. He is the great lord of all creatures. He is the support of all. He is not supported by anything else. He is the cause of all causes. He is stainless, free from bondage, contemplated by sages who are emancipated. He has no gross body, he is devoid of eyes, vital airs and sense organs, all qualities of living beings, organs of excretion and generation and all senses. He is without mind as well as all its qualities. He is devoid of intellect and thought yet functions as Lord of all Gods. He is devoid of ego and functions of the intellect. He is free from Präëa and Apäna; he is without the vital air called Präëa and all its qualities. Such a Brahman must be contemplated.

Hare said:

I shall expound again the process of worship of the Sun that has already been explained to Bhågu before.

Oà khakholkäya namah

(Om salutation to the Sun, the meteoric planet of the sky)

This is the Mülamantra (the basic mystic verse) that gives worldly enjoyment and final beatitude (Mukti).

Special Sürya Mantra:

Om obeisance to Lord Khakholka

Om in the rays that spread (vici)

Öha öha obeisance to the head

Oà öha öha unto the knowledge

Obeisance to the tuft of hair

Oà öha öha to the thousand-rayed, obeisance to the armour (amulet and mystic syllable)

Oà öha öha to the lord of all brilliance, obeisance to the weapon.

Oà burn, burn, blaze öha öha obeisance.

This is the Sun’s mantra of fiery species that destroys all sins.

Sakalékarana Mantra

Oà Ädityäya Vimahe Viçvabhäväya dhémahi Tannaù Süryaù pracodayät

With this agayatri of the Sun, the worshipper should perform the Sakalé-karaëa (summing up). Then the salutation of special gesture with joined palms to

Dharma in the East,

to Yama in the South.

To Daëdanäyaka in the Westr

and then to Vaivarëa in the North

The dark tawny form in the North East

And the Dékñita in the South East to be worshipped.

To Indra, the Vajra in the hand is to be worshipped in the South West

and the mystic syllables

Bhübhuvaù svaù in the North West.

To Bull bannered Çaìkara, the following should be worshipped in the eight directions beginning with East and ending with the North East.

Oà obeisance to Candra, lord of stars.

Oà obeisance to Aìgäraka, son of the Earth

Oà obeisance to Buddha, son of the Moon

Oà obeisance to lord of speech, Båhaspati, the lord of all learning

Oà obeisance to sage Çukra, the son of Bhågu

Oà obeisance to Çanaiçcara (Saturn), son of the Sun

Oà obeisance to Rähu

Oà obeisance to Ketu

Oà obeisance to Anüruka (v.l.: anüru)

Oà obeisance to the lord of Pramatha (goblins attending on Çiva)

Oà obeisance to the Enlightened.

O Lord! Having rays measured all round, O Lord of the entire Universe, having seven horses for vehicles, the four-armed one, giver of the great siddhis¹ tawny in colour due to the flames, the gentle one!

Come, come, this is water offering. Salutation unto the head. Take back the terrific form.

O the un-naked, burn, burn,

Öha öha obeisance.

With this mantra he should invoke the Sun. He should discharge him with the mantra.

Oà salutation to Lord Äditya of thousand rays, go as you please, to come again.

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Siddhis¹ The sädhaka whom after having achieved the highest stage of sädhanä. There are eight names given to siddhis: aëimä, laghimä, mahimä, präpti, präkämya, éçitva, vaçitva and karmävasäyitä.

 

 

Worship of the Sun

Hari said:

Next I shall expound the process of worship of the Sun which has been explained to Dhanada, the Lord of Wealth-Kubera.

In a clean place the figure of a lotus with eight petals should be drawn with the pericarp.

Showing the mystical sign Ävähiné (the invoking) with the fingers, the worshipper should invoke Hari. The Sun God, Khakholka should be placed in the middle in the form of a Yantra and sprinkled with holy water.
 

O Çiva, let him place the heart of the god in the South Eastern direction.

The head should be placed in the North Eastern direction.

Let him place the tuft in the South West.

With the mind solely concentrated, let him fix Dharma to the East,

the eye to the North West

and the Astra (missile) to the West.

Let him place Soma to the North East

and Lohita (Mars) to the East.

Moon’s son, Budha-Mercury is to be placed in the South East

and Båhaspati in the South.

The preceptor of demons Çukra is to be placed in the South West

and Çanaiçcara in the West.

Let him place Ketu in the North West

and Rähu in the ìorth.

In the second square, the twelve Suns,

Bhaga, Sürya, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuëa, Savitå, Dhätå, Visvavat the powerful, Tvañöå, Püñan, Indra and the twelfth is Viñëu
should be worshipped.

Indra and other deities should be worshipped with reverence by the worshipper. The four forms of the goddess Durgä², Jayä, Jayanté and Aparäjitä should be worshipped, so also Çeña, Väsuki and other serpents.
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Durgä² Mantras of Durgä Närada Puräna I.87
 

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The Cure of Leprosy:
The Story of Bhadreçvara
Padma Purana I.79.1-37

 

Vyäsa said:

In Madhya-deça, lived a supreme sovereign king known as Bhadreçvara. He was pure due to many austerities and vows of many kinds. He always worshipped the deities devoutly. White spots of leprosy (lecoderma) appeared on his right hand. Even after being treated by physicians, the symptom of the former disease were still noticed. Having invited principal brähmaëas and ministers, he said these words to them:

The king said:

O Brämaëas, there is a disease in my hand which is unbearable and condemned by the people. Therefore, I shall cast my body at a place which is an auspicious, great, sacred place. O you heroes, O Brähmaëas who are conversant with religious merit, advise me who have no progeny, about my well being here and in the next world, so that I shall enjoy welfare in the next world. So being well pleased, tell me, what you desire me to do?

The Brähmaëas said:

When you, the intelligent and righteous one abandon this country, the whole world and this kingdom are doomed. Therefore, please do not speak like this. We shall find a remedy for it. O lord, propitiate the great god with sacred hymns in honour of the Sun.

The king said:

O best Brähmaëas by which means shall I please the Sun? O Brähmaëas, due to this impure disease (leprosy), which is censured by people, I cannot present myself to the beings and am condemned by them. Why should I govern the kingdom? What would be the fruit of the propitiation?

The Brähmaëas said:By living here in your own kingdom and by propitiating the Sun, you, being free from a terrible sin will obtain heaven and salvation. Hearing this, the best king having saluted the excellent Brämaëas, undertook the important propitiation of the Sun. Everyday, he offered worship to the Sun with sacred hymns, offerings and anointments, with fruits of various kinds, with respectful offerings, sacred rice grains, japä flowers, arka leaves and karavéra and karaïjaka flowers, with red saffron and red lead, with flowers of the spring season and leaves of fragrant plantain trees and their charming fruits.

Everyday, the king offered respectful offering to the Sun at the root of the udumbara tree by facing the Sun.

They worshipped the Sun with hymns pacifying the Sun, with other powerful hymns etc., and with original hymns besides others. They, being well composed, observed the Sun’s vow.

The king gradually put on flesh and was free from the disease.

When the terrible disease was arrested, the king, controlling the entire world, observed the vow of worshipping the Sun at dawn.

In the same manner, men, along with their wives, offered japä flowers, a banana with bäëa flowers and leaves and other flowers; observed a fast, or ate at night only and offered worship giving great merit and like all people, to the Sun.
In this way, Bhäskara (i.e., the Sun), worshipped by the three classes, became pleased, and having come to the king compassionately said these words to him: "For the good of all citizens, ask, along with your followers, for a boon desired by you, which is on your mind".

The king said:

Since, O eye of all, you desire to grant a boon of my liking, let all of us have residence in heaven with you.

The Sun said:

O magnanimous one, let your Brähmaëa ministers and other Brähmaëas, with their wives and attendants, all young and pure citizens live, enjoying all pleasures with the divine trees, with fully equipped palaces, high like trees, with ladies and excellent dances and songs, in my beautiful city. After five kalpas¹ , you will be king in a Manu Age and these, your men, O king, and priests standing before you, and those men living in your country, will be learned amd rich. Then obtaining a boon from me, you will easily obtain heaven.
Saying so, the Eye of the Worlds vanished. The King Bhadreçvara with his inhabitants enjoyed heaven.
There, the yellow insects along with their progeny etc., enjoyed great and wonderful pleasures on the divine tree.
In this way, kings and brähmaëas of praiseworthy vows and other castes like Kñatriyas quickly went to Sun’s heaven.
Some who desired wealth, others who desired sons and wives, others desired happiness, heaven, and sound health through Sun’s favour.
The man, who, being pure, would recite this auspicious heap of merit, has all his sins destroyed and is worshipped on the earth like Rudra.
He would be seeing everything, would be a granter of boons and dear to Bhäskara. A mortal, who is restrained, would obtain the desired fruit. He who daily listens to the Sun’s account goes beyond all sins and would be meritorious, rich and an orator in the Sun’s assembly. This secret, very secret b=vow has been propagated by Bhäskara. It was narrated to Yama by Bhäskara and was narrated by Vyäsa on earth.
 

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Kalpa¹- 1000 yuga= 1 day of Brahmä= 432,000,000 mortal years.

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Cure of Diseases- Sun
Padma Puräëa I.80.1-12a

 

Vaiçampäyana said:

Due to your grace, we have heard about the power of the lord of planets. Now, tell us about the means of pacifying the planets.

Who are these Sun and others? How can they be pleased? How can that which is dear to them be done? At which time, place is their sight auspicious or inauspicious?

Vyäsa said:

It is the planets that experience the fruits of merit or sin. For the destruction of the fruits of the deeds of the world, they bring about what is auspicious and what is inauspicious. The Sun should be known to be the destroyer of time among men and planets. He is powerful in curbing and favouring due to his sharpness and mildness. I shall tell you how he can be pleased as a planet. He who offers oblations to him with the sprouts of Udumbara and Paläça, by reciting the sacred original hymn:

Ä Kåñëena

For his pacification gets merit. He should offer leaves anointed with ghee for fulfilling his desire, for curing all diseases and for freedom from bondage due to a murder.
With each sacred hymn, he should present a white goat to a brähmaëa on a Sunday. He should feed the Brähmaëas with lovely oblations of food intended for gods and manes on the seventh of the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight.
A sick person is free from his disease and will not be troubled by the disease.
In the universe, right from Brahman to a clump of grass, the Sun will be regarded as great, immortal being, present in the universe as well as in an atom till deluge, due to his being the cause of the creation and maintenance of the world.
He who moves in the world, is present in the body of men at the time of creation of life into them, is present in the body of men at the time of their death, he goes from the body with life (i.e., the vital breath).

 

Compiled by Swee Chan

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The Twelve Adityas
Extracts from Padma Puräëa

Om Hräm Hrīm