प्रत्नस्य विष्णो रूपं यत्सत्यस्यर्तस्य ब्रह्मण: । अमृतस्य च मृत्योश्च सूर्यमात्मानमीमहीति ॥ ५ ॥
pratnasya visno rupam yat satyasyartasya brahmanah amrtasya ca mrtyos ca suryam atmanam imahiti
- pratnasya
- of the oldest person
- visnoh
- Lord Visnu
- rupam
- the form
- yat
- which
- satyasya
- of the Absolute Truth
- rtasya
- of dharma
- brahmanah
- of the Supreme Brahman
- amrtasya
- of the auspicious result
- ca
- and
- mrtyoh
- of death (the inauspicious result)
- ca
- and
- suryam
- the demigod Surya
- atmanam
- the Supersoul or origin of all souls
- imahi
- we approach for shelter
- iti
- thus.
(This is the mantra by which the inhabitants of Plaksadvipa worship the Supreme Lord.) Let us take shelter of the sun-god, who is a reflection of Lord Visnu, the all-expanding Supreme Personality of Godhead, the oldest of all persons. Visnu is the only worshipable Lord. He is the Vedas, He is religion, and He is the origin of all auspicious and inauspicious results.