Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.68

yad u ha vāva vibudharṣabha savitar adas tapaty anusavanam ahar

ahar āmnāya-vidhinopatiṣṭhamānānām akhila-durita-vṛjina-

bījāvabharjana bhagavataḥ samabhidhīmahi tapana maṇḍalam

SYNONYMS

yat — which; u ha vāva — indeed; vibudha-ṛṣabhaO chief of the demigods; savitaḥO lord of the sun; adaḥ — that; tapati — is glowing; anusavanam — at each of the junctures of the day (sunrise, noon and sunset); ahaḥ ahaḥ — each day; āmnāya-vidhinā — by the Vedic path, as passed down through disciplic succession; upatiṣṭhamānānām — of those who are engaged in offering prayer; akhila-durita — all sinful activities; vṛjina — the consequent suffering; bīja — and the original seed of such; avabharjanaO you who burn; bhagavataḥ — of the mighty controller; samabhidhīmahiI meditate with full attention; tapanaO glowing one; maṇḍalam — upon the sphere.

TRANSLATION

O glowing one, O powerful lord of the sun, you are the chief of all the demigods. I meditate with careful attention on your fiery globe, because for those who offer prayers to you three times daily according to the Vedic method passed down through authorized disciplic succession, you burn away all sinful activities, all consequent suffering and even the original seed of desire.

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