मृतेऽण्ड एष एतस्मिन् यदभूत्ततो मार्तण्ड इति व्यपदेश: । हिरण्यगर्भ इति यद्धिरण्याण्डसमुद्भव: ॥ ४४ ॥
mrte ’nda esa etasmin yad abhut tato martanda iti vyapadesah; hiranyagarbha iti yad dhiranyanda-samudbhavah.
- mrte
- dead
- ande
- in the globe
- esah
- this
- etasmin
- in this
- yat
- which
- abhut
- entered personally at the time of creation
- tatah
- from that
- martanda
- Martanda
- iti
- thus
- vyapadesah
- the designation
- hiranya-garbhah
- known as Hiranyagarbha
- iti
- thus
- yat
- because
- hiranya-anda-samudbhavah
- his material body was created from Hiranyagarbha.
The sun-god is also known as Vairaja, the total material body for all living entities. Because he entered this dull egg of the universe at the time of creation, he is also called Martanda. He is also known as Hiranyagarbha because he received his material body from Hiranyagarbha (Lord Brahma).