आदित्यः सविता सूर्यः खगः पूषा गभस्तिमान्। सुवर्णसदृशो भानुर्हिरण्यरेता दिवाकरः॥ हरिदश्वः सहस्रार्चिः सप्तसप्तिमरीचिमान्। तिमिरोन्मथनः शंभुस्त्वष्टा मार्तण्डकोंऽशुमान्॥ हिरण्यगर्भः शिशिरस्तपनोऽहस्करो रविः। अग्निगर्भो दितेः पुत्रः शङ्खः शिशिरनाशनः॥ व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजुःसामपारगः। घनुवृष्टिरपां मित्रो विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवंगमः॥ आतपी मण्डली मृत्युः पिङ्गलः सर्वतापनः। कविविश्वो महातेजा रक्तः सर्वभवोद्भवः॥ नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावनः। तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मनमोऽस्तु ते॥
ādityaḥ savitā sūryaḥ khagaḥ pūṣā gabhastimān| suvarṇasadṛśo bhānurhiraṇyaretā divākaraḥ|| haridaśvaḥ sahasrārciḥ saptasaptimarīcimān| timironmathanaḥ śaṃbhustvaṣṭā mārtaṇḍakoṃ'śumān|| hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śiśirastapano'haskaro raviḥ| agnigarbho diteḥ putraḥ śaṅkhaḥ śiśiranāśanaḥ|| vyomanāthastamobhedī ṛgyajuḥsāmapāragaḥ| ghanuvṛṣṭirapāṃ mitro vindhyavīthīplavaṃgamaḥ|| ātapī maṇḍalī mṛtyuḥ piṅgalaḥ sarvatāpanaḥ| kaviviśvo mahātejā raktaḥ sarvabhavodbhavaḥ|| nakṣatragrahatārāṇāmadhipo viśvabhāvanaḥ| tejasāmapi tejasvī dvādaśātmanamo'stu te||
English Meaning
He is Aditya (i) Savită (j) Sürya (k) Khaga (l) Pușă (m) Gabhastimān, (a) the Golden-looking and Bhānu (b) Hiranyarertā (c) Divākara. (d) And he is Haridaśva (e) Sahasrārci (1) Saptasapti (g) Maricimăn. (h) and he subdue darkness, and he is Sambhu (i) and Tvașță () Marandaka (k) Ansumān. (1) he Hiranyagarbha, (m) Sisira, (n) Tapana, (o) and Ahaskara (p) Ravi (q) Agnigarbha, (r) Aditi's son,(s) and Sankha, (T) Śisiranāšana, (u) Vyomanātha (v) Tamobhedi (w) the one proficient in Řk, Yajuş and Sāma; and Ghanavịşti, (x) and the friend of the Apas, (a) and he that swiftly course in the Vindhya way. And he is Ātapī (b) and Mandali (c) and Mſtyu. (d) And he is Pingala, (e) and the destroyer of everything, and the Omniscient, and he having the universe for his form, (f) and the exceedingly energetic one, and the beloved of ail and that one, lording it over all kinds of actions. And he is the lord (g) of stars and planets and constellation, and the origin of everything and the one powerful pre-eminently of powerful things, (h) and the one having twelve forms. (i) I bow to you (having these forms and functions). (i) He from whom all derive sustenance. 6) The producer of heart and the spiritual faculties by heat, and corn, etc. by showers. (k) Coursing alone, according to the commentator. It may also means 'He that sets people to work.' (1) Coursing the highest heavens' or says the commentator 'the heavens of the heart." (m) 'The maintainer.' (a) Gabhastimān-'Ray-furnished, or having the allpermeating Spirit of Auspiciousness.' (b) Bhānu-'having brightness' (c) 'Hiranyaretā' instinct with the cosmic energy. (d) Divākara 'maker of day. (e) Haridaśva 'pervading all sides,' or 'having black steeds.' (f) Sahasrārci-thousand-rayed. The commentator explains spiritually, He whose cognition points in infinite directions.' (8) 'He from whom proceed the seven organs of sense of people. Or 'he was has seven steeds. (h) 'Having rays.' (i) 'He from whom proceed the several sorts of happiness.' ) 'He who removes the misfortunes of his votaries.' (k) 'He that infuses life into the lifeless moudane egg.' (1) Having rays. (m) The cause of the creation, preservation and destruction of the Universe. (n) 'Good-natured.' (0) Tapa-means 'wealth.' Tapana-the possessor of all riches. (p) Ahas-day and Kara-maker. (9) Rauti teach-Ravi he that teach. (r) Lit. fire-wombed. He that carries the fire of doom within himself. (s) Aditi-without destruction'-means 'Brahma knowledge.' (t) Supreme happiness. (u) The remover of intellectual stupor or evilmindedness. (v) Lord of the welkin. (w) Dispeller of darkness.) (x) He from whom flow the fruit of acts; or he from whom come downpours. The latter epithet is justified on grounds of Physical Geography, rain being ultimately dependant on solar heat. (a) Apas may mean either the good,' or 'water.' Vindhya may mean either the way known as Brahmacāri or the orbit of the Sun. (b) He that is intent on creating the cosmos. (c) Ray-crowned or adorned with gems. (d) The bringer of death. (e) The motive force of the blood-tube called Pingala (1) Or the ornament of the Universe. (g) i.e. the controller of them, remarks Rāmānuja (h) Such as, observes the commentator, as fire) (i) i.e. the controller of them remarks Rāmānuja.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)