When darkness enveloped the gods, they became greatly disturbed, unable to perceive their surroundings or the source of their troubles. At that critical moment, Vyāsa, revered as the sun among men for his radiant brilliance, shone forth with his own light. His illumination dispelled the darkness, revealing the demons who had been hidden within its shadows. Grateful for this deliverance, the gods praised Vyāsa, recognizing him as the sun in human form. They honored him with various hymns, extolling his divine radiance. In acknowledgment of his unique role, the lords bestowed upon him the name ‘Naradīpa’—the lamp of mankind. O sage, it is said that whoever beholds the Naradīpa, especially at the sacred junctions of the day—during solstices, eclipses, or equinoxes—and accompanies their vision with hymns and auspicious songs, singing and playing instruments, and bowing in eightfold prostration, will be freed from all sins, even those incurred over seven births or by the gravest transgressions, such as slaying a Brahmin. Such a devotee quickly attains the world of the Sun, a realm so exalted that even the gods find it difficult to reach. This Naradīpa arose solely through the favor of a man. And I, O Pārtha, shall come there together with the gods, fully intent. At that place, my arrival in the world will be known, marked by the descent of the deity. When the god is thus mounted and the Naradīpa shines brilliantly, whoever beholds it with devotion, seeing the Naradīpa situated upon the chariot, is blessed. Now, O sage, I shall describe the chariot procession of the Naradīpa. On the bright second day of the month of Jyeṣṭha, the Sun himself is seen upon the chariot. Whoever witnesses the lord of the day proceeding northward, and then turning back from Keśava and Arka, beholds the chariot. Those who draw the chariot with a rope, O sage, and when the Naradīpa moves southward, O best of the twice-born, should bind the field, the chariot, or even the deity with a sacred thread. Men who, with devotion, perform circumambulation of the Sun, or who rise in the morning and silently approach the Sun with reverence, are instructed to enter from the south and worship the wheel of the chariot. Standing at the western gate, one should worship the Sun seated upon the chariot. At the eastern gate stands the cow, while at the southern gate is the horse. Whoever undertakes the journey of the Sun’s chariot attains the auspicious heavenly worlds associated with the cow, the Sun, Shiva, and Indra. He who gives a thousand cows on the hundredth Vyatipāta day, or who causes shaving to be performed while mounted on the Sun’s chariot, or who daily, for a month, worships the Sun at the pond, O Sarasvatī, or who, with devotion, beholds the Sun’s chariot every day, O Vyāsa—such a person, after enjoying playful moments with his relatives, upon death, goes to the city of the Sun. When Andhaka was slain by Maheshvara, who wielded a trident with three points, Viṣṇu blew his conch, desiring the welfare of the gods. There, Viṣṇu was present, as was the four-faced liṅga. On the right side of the deity established with the trident, Viṣṇu stood. Those whose masses of all sins have been destroyed through these sacred acts will surely attain the highest state.