“ I salute thee who destroyest darkness, cold and enemies: whose form is boundless, who art the destroyer of the ungrateful; who art Deva; who art the Lord of the luminous bodies, and who appearest like the heated gold. I salute thee who art Hari, Vis'vakarman, the destroyer of darkness, and who art splendid and Lokasákshin. Yonder sun destroys the whole of the material world and also creates it. Yonder sun dries (all earthly things) , destroys them and causes rain with his rays. ”

“ He wakes when our senses are asleep; and resides within all beings. Youder sun is Agnihotra and also the fruit obtained by the performer of Agnihotra. He is identified with the gods, sacrifices, and the fruit of the sacrifices. He is the Lord of all the duties known to the world, if any man, O Rághava, in calamities, miseries, forests and dangers, prays to yonder sun, he is never overwhelmed by distress.
Worship, with close attention Him the God of gods and the Lord of the world; and recite these verses thrice, whereby thou wilt be victorious in the battle. ”