अर्घ्येण सहितं चैव सर्वे साङ्गं प्रदापयेत् उदये श्रद्धया युक्तः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
One should offer the arghya with all its proper components; performing this at sunrise with faith, one is freed from all sins.
सुवर्णधेनुअनड्वाहवसुधावस्त्रसंयुतम् अर्घ्यप्रदाता लभते सप्तजन्मानुगं फलम्
The giver of arghya, accompanied by gold, a cow, a bull, land, and garments, attains the fruit that follows for seven births.
अग्नौ तोये ऽन्तरिक्षे च शुचौ भूम्यां तथैव च प्रतिमायां तथा पिण्ड्यां देयम् अर्घ्यं प्रयत्नतः
Arghya should be carefully offered in fire, in water, in the sky, on pure ground, upon an image, and on a ball (of rice or similar).
नापसव्यं न सव्यं च दद्याद् अभिमुखः सदा सघृतं गुग्गुलं वापि रवेर् भक्तिसमन्वितः
One should always offer, facing forward, neither to the left nor right, with ghee or even guggul, to the Sun with devotion.
तत्क्षणात् सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः श्रीवासं चतुरस्रं च देवदारुं तथैव च
At that very moment, one is freed from all sins—of this there is no doubt—using a square vessel, or one made of devadāru wood.
कर्पूरागरुधूपानि दत्त्वा वै स्वर्गगामिनः अयने तूत्तरे सूर्यम् अथवा दक्षिणायने
By offering camphor and agarwood incense, one attains the path to heaven, whether during the Sun's northern or southern course.
पूजयित्वा विशेषेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते विषुवेषूपरागेषु षडशीतिमुखेषु च
Having worshipped especially, one is freed from all sins during solstices, lunar eclipses, and at the beginnings of the sixty-eight divisions.
पूजयित्वा विशेषेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते एवं वेलासु सर्वासु सर्वकालं च मानवः
Having worshipped especially, one is freed from all sins; thus, at all such times and always, a person should do so.
भक्त्या पूजयते यो ऽर्कं सो ऽर्कलोके महीयते कृसरैः पायसैः पूपैः फलमूलघृतौदनैः
Whoever worships the Sun with devotion is honored in the world of the Sun, with offerings of rice, milk, cakes, fruits, roots, ghee, and cooked food.
बलिं कृत्वा तु सूर्याय सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्नुयात् घृतेन तर्पणं कृत्वा सर्वसिद्धो भवेन् नरः
By making a bali-offering to the Sun, one attains all desires; by offering libation with ghee, a person becomes accomplished in all aims.
क्षीरेण तर्पणं कृत्वा मनस् तापैर् न युज्यते दध्ना तु तर्पणं कृत्वा कार्यसिद्धिं लभेन् नरः
By offering libation with milk, one’s mind is not afflicted by distress; by offering with curds, a person attains success in undertakings.
स्नानार्थम् आहरेद् यस् तु जलं भानोः समाहितः तीर्थेषु शुचितापन्नः स याति परमां गतिम्
Whoever, with concentration, draws water for bathing the Sun, and does so at a sacred place with purity, attains the highest state.
छत्त्रं ध्वजं वितानं वा पताकां चामराणि च श्रद्धया भानवे दत्त्वा गतिम् इष्टाम् अवाप्नुयात्
By giving an umbrella, banner, canopy, flag, or fly-whisk to the Sun with faith, one attains the desired goal.
यद् यद् द्रव्यं नरो भक्त्या आदित्याय प्रयच्छति तत् तस्य शतसाहस्रम् उत्पादयति भास्करः
Whatever substance a man offers to the Sun with devotion, the Sun multiplies that for him a hundred thousand times.
मानसं वाचिकं वापि कायजं यच् च दुष्कृतम् सर्वं सूर्यप्रसादेन तद् अशेषं व्यपोहति
By the Sun’s grace, all misdeeds—mental, verbal, or physical—are completely removed.
एकाहेनापि यद् भानोः पूजायाः प्राप्यते फलम् यथोक्तदक्षिणैर् विप्रैर् न तत् क्रतुशतैर् अपि
Even the fruit obtained from worshipping the Sun for a single day, with the prescribed gifts to Brahmins, is not gained by a hundred sacrifices.
अहो देवस्य माहात्म्यं श्रुतम् एवं जगत्पते भास्करस्य सुरश्रेष्ठ वदतस् तेषु दुर्लभम्
Ah, the greatness of the god has thus been heard, O Lord of the world! O best of gods, what you have spoken is rare among them.
भूयः प्रब्रूहि देवेश यत् पृच्छामो जगत्पते श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे ब्रह्मन् परं कौतूहलं हि नः
Speak again, O Lord of gods, what we ask, O Lord of the world; we wish to hear, O Brahman, for our curiosity is indeed great.
गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी च वानप्रस्थो ऽथ भिक्षुकः य इच्छेन् मोक्षम् आस्थातुं देवतां कां यजेत सः
A householder, a student, a forest-dweller, or a mendicant—whoever wishes to attain liberation should worship some deity.
कुतो ह्य् अस्याक्षयः स्वर्गः कुतो निःश्रेयसं परम् स्वर्गतश् चैव किं कुर्याद् येन न च्यवते पुनः
How can there be everlasting heaven for him? How can there be the highest good? And, having reached heaven, what should one do so as not to fall again?
देवानां चात्र को देवः पितॄणां चैव कः पिता यस्मात् परतरं नास्ति तन् मे ब्रूहि सुरेश्वर
Who among the gods is the supreme deity, and who among the ancestors is the supreme ancestor? Tell me, O Lord of the gods, that from which nothing is higher.
कुतः सृष्टम् इदं विश्वं सर्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् प्रलये च कम् अभ्येति तद् भवान् वक्तुम् अर्हति
From where was this entire universe, all that is moving and unmoving, created? And at dissolution, to whom does it return? You are worthy to speak of this.
उद्यन्न् एवैष कुरुते जगद् वितिमिरं करैः नातः परतरो देवः कश्चिद् अन्यो द्विजोत्तमाः
As he rises, he dispels the darkness of the world with his rays; there is no deity higher than him, O best of twice-born.
अनादिनिधनो ह्य् एष पुरुषः शाश्वतो ऽव्ययः तापयत्य् एष त्रींल् लोकान् भवन् रश्मिभिर् उल्बणः
He is without beginning or end, eternal, imperishable; with his fierce rays, he scorches the three worlds.
सर्वदेवमयो ह्य् एष तपतां तपनो वरः सर्वस्य जगतो नाथः सर्वसाक्षी जगत्पतिः
He is composed of all the gods, the foremost among those who shine; he is the lord of the whole world, the witness of all, the master of the universe.
संक्षिपत्य् एष भूतानि तथा विसृजते पुनः एष भाति तपत्य् एष वर्षत्य् एष गभस्तिभिः
He contracts all beings and then creates them again; he shines, he heats, he rains with his beams.
एष धाता विधाता च भूतादिर् भूतभावनः न ह्य् एष क्षयम् आयाति नित्यम् अक्षयमण्डलः
He is the creator and the ordainer, the origin and sustainer of beings; he never perishes, his orb is eternal and undecaying.
पितॄणां च पिता ह्य् एष देवतानां हि देवता ध्रुवं स्थानं स्मृतं ह्य् एतद् यस्मान् न च्यवते पुनः
He is indeed the ancestor of the ancestors, the deity of the deities; this is the firm place, for from it there is no return.
सर्गकाले जगत् कृत्स्नम् आदित्यात् संप्रसूयते प्रलये च तम् अभ्येति भास्करं दीप्ततेजसम्
At the time of creation, the entire world is born from the sun; and at dissolution, it returns to him, the radiant illuminator.
योगिनश् चाप्य् असंख्यातास् त्यक्त्वा गृहकलेवरम् वायुर् भूत्वा विशन्त्य् अस्मिंस् तेजोराशौ दिवाकरे
Countless yogis, having abandoned their mortal bodies, become like wind and enter into this mass of light, the sun.