य: सृज्यशक्तिमुरुधोच्छ्वसयन् स्वशक्त्या पुंसोऽभ्रमाय दिवि धावति भूतभेद: । कालाख्यया गुणमयं क्रतुभिर्वितन्वं- स्तस्मै बलिं हरत वत्सरपञ्चकाय ॥ १५ ॥
yah srjya-saktim urudhocchvasayan sva-saktya pumso ’bhramaya divi dhavati bhuta-bhedah kalakhyaya gunamayam kratubhir vitanvams tasmai balim harata vatsara-pancakaya
- yah
- one who
- srjya
- of creation
- saktim
- the seeds
- urudha
- in various ways
- ucchvasayan
- invigorating
- sva-saktya
- by his own energy
- pumsah
- of the living entity
- abhramaya
- to dissipate darkness
- divi
- during the daytime
- dhavati
- moves
- bhuta-bhedah
- distinct from all other material form
- kala-akhyaya
- by the name eternal time
- guna-mayam
- the material results
- kratubhih
- by offerings
- vitanvan
- enlarging
- tasmai
- unto him
- balim
- ingredients of offerings
- harata
- one should offer
- vatsara-pancakaya
- offerings every five years
O Vidura, the sun enlivens all living entities with his unlimited heat and light. He diminishes the duration of life of all living entities in order to release them from their illusion of material attachment, and he enlarges the path of elevation to the heavenly kingdom. He thus moves in the firmament with great velocity, and therefore everyone should offer him respects once every five years with all ingredients of worship.