Invocation of sUrya

PRAYER TO THE SUN

Om sUryam sundaram lokanathamamritam vedantasAram shivam,

jnAnam brahmamayam sureshamamalam lokaikacittasvayam;

indrAdityanaradhipa suragurum trailokyacUDAmaNim,

brahmAviShNushivasvarUpahRdayam vande sadA bhAskaram."

I always worship sUrya (the Light of Consciousness who in the gross world is seen as the Sun), the beautiful Lord of the world, the immortal, the quintessence of the Vedanta, the auspicious, the absolute knowledge, of the very nature of Brahman, the Lord of the gods (sura means deva or gods of the senses), ever-pure (free of impurities), the one true Consciousness of the world (which is nothing but the mind), the Lord of Indra (the mind who is the Lord of the senses), the Adityas (sons of aditi who are associated with effulgence) and of men, the preceptor of the gods (of the senses), the crest jewel of the three worlds, the true nature of Brahama, Vishnu and Siva, the giver of light.