This Sun is Brahmā and Vişņu and Śiva and Skanda (a) and Prajāpati, (b) and Mahendra and Dhanada (c) and the Destroyer-Yama and Soma (d) and the lord of waters: and the Pitris (e) and the Vasus, and the Sādhyas (f) and the two Aśvinis (g) and the Maruts and Manu, (h) and the Wind-god and the God of fie and the creatures and the creator of life and the seasons. (a) The celestial generallissimo. The commentator gives a spiritual interpretation. 'He that by mean of his rays openent up the five organs of perception. (b) The lord of all creatures, by virtue of his bringing forth all beings through his energy. (c) Dispenser of riches, a name of Kubera. (d) Furnished with splendour, a name of the Moon. According to some endowed with energy. (e) Lit. the ancestral manes. Here the generator of everything. (1) An order of semi-divine beings. Here, "he who is adored by the spiritual." (g) In virtue of his omnipresence and his being the healer of all ailments. (h) All-knowing and being the primeval sovereign.
एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिवः स्कन्दः प्रजापतिः। महेन्द्रो धनदः कालो यमः सोमो ह्यपांपतिः॥ पितरो वसवः साध्या अश्विनौ मरुतो मनुः। वायुर्वह्निः प्रजाः प्राण ऋतुकर्मा प्रभाकरः।।।।।