tamoriṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ praṇatosmidivākaram || 1 ||
- japākusumasaṅkāśamresembling the hibiscus flower
- kāśyapeyamson of Kaśyapa
- mahādyutimof great splendour
- tamorimfoe of darkness
- sarvapāpaghnamdestroyer of all sin
- praṇataḥ asmiI have bowed
- divākaramto the maker of day
gabhasti mānajaḥ kālo mṛtyurdātā prabhākaraḥ || 2 ||
- sūryaḥthe Sun
- aryamāAryaman
- bhagaḥBhaga, the dispenser
- tvaṣṭāTvaṣṭṛ, the shaper
- pūṣāPūṣan, the nourisher
- arkaḥthe radiant
- raviḥRavi
- gabhastimānpossessed of rays
- ajaḥunborn
- kālaḥTime
- mṛtyuḥDeath
- dātāthe giver
- prabhākaraḥmaker of light
sraṣṭā saṃvartako vahniḥ sarvasyādiralolupaḥ || 3 ||
- bhūtāśrayaḥrefuge of beings
- bhūtapatiḥlord of beings
- sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥsaluted by all worlds
- sraṣṭācreator
- saṃvartakaḥthe destroyer at world’s end
- vahniḥfire
- sarvasya ādiḥthe beginning of all
- alolupaḥfree of greed
astakāle svayaṃ viṣṇuṃ trayīmūrtī divākaraḥ || 4 ||
- brahmasvarūpaḥof the form of Brahmā
- udayeat sunrise
- madhyāhneat midday
- maheśvaraḥMaheśvara
- astakāleat setting
- svayam viṣṇuḥViṣṇu himself
- trayīmūrtiḥwhose form is the threefold Veda
- divākaraḥthe maker of day
śvetapadmadharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham || 5 ||
- saptāśvaratham ārūḍhammounted on a chariot of seven horses
- pracaṇḍamfierce
- kaśyapātmajamson of Kaśyapa
- śvetapadmadharambearing a white lotus
- devamthe god
- tam sūryam praṇamāmi ahamto that Sun I bow
