Aditya Hrudayam Series Week 24
Shloka Taatparyam Shloka 19
ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे।
भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः॥ 19 ॥
Brahmeśānācyuteśāya sūryāyādityavarcase।
bhāsvate sarvabhakṣāya raudrāya vapuṣe namaḥ॥ 19॥
Meaning:
ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय Brahmeśānācyuteśāya
Salutations to the overlord of brahma, Esh(war)a and Achyuta.
Why does Sage Agastya call Sun the chief of Brahma, Achyuta and Eshwara?
Simple. It is because he does all their jobs in one form- creating,sustaining and destroying the Universe.
The universe and all the lives in it came to existence only after the ‘Big Bang’ – the gigantic collision of molecular cloud of gas and dust to form the Sun. So in this aspect of creation he is Brahma
He powers all the lives in this universe with his energy in the form of light and heat. Without him nothing survives in this world. So in this aspect he is Vishnu.
In the end, he will eventually consume and destroy the entire universe. So in this aspect he is Rudra.
Here is the science behind how that will happen
Our Sun right now is middle aged. He was born 4.5 billion years ago. He is now in the main sequence phase of his life, fusing hydrogen to helium to produce energy in the form of heat and light. But this process will not go on for ever as there is only finite amount of hydrogen in his core. That is, he has already used half of the store of hydrogen and what is left will last for another 5 billion years. As more hydrogen is fused to helium the core shrinks, outer layers move to the center causing more fusion. The energy output also increases. What it means is in another 3.5 billion years Sun will be 40% more brighter and warmer. This will cause oceans to boil and at that point life will not be possible on earth. Eventually in 5 billion years the Sun will exit the main sequence phase and become a Red Giant and consume all inner planets including earth. After this he will become a cooling star called white dwarf that will no longer produce energy but will still continue to glow in the sky
सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे sūryāyādityavarcase
Salutatiuons to the brilliance dwelling in Surya, Aditi’s son
भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः bhāsvate sarvabhakṣāya raudrāya vapuṣe namaḥ
Salutatuions to the one who shines, one who consumes all (in the end), (and hence) the one who is a wonderfully beautiful form of the fierce Rudra.
ब्रह्म Brahme – Brahma
ईशाना eśānā – Eshwara
अच्युत ācyute – Achyutha
ईशाय eśāya – Lord
सूर्याय sūryāya – Surya
आदित्य āditya –coming from Aditi
वर्चसे varcase – brilliance
भास्वते bhāsvate – one who shines
सर्व sarva – All
भक्षाय bhakṣāya – eating
रौद्राय raudrāya – fierce, worshipper of rudra
वपुषे vapuṣe – wonderfully beautiful
नमः namaḥ – Pray, Salute
ब्रह्म Brahme – Brahma
ईशाना eśānā – Eshwara
अच्युत ācyute – Achyutha
ईशाय eśāya – Lord
सूर्याय sūryāya – Surya
आदित्य āditya –coming from Aditi
वर्चसे varcase – brilliance
भास्वते bhāsvate – one who shines
सर्व sarva – All
भक्षाय bhakṣāya – eating
रौद्राय raudrāya – fierce, worshipper of rudra
वपुषे vapuṣe – wonderfully beautiful
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