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light who guide the evolution of the universe by assisting the visible Sun.
The Great Naga or serpent draws the wheel.
On this chariot the Sun sits as a dwarf. His body glows like burnt copper and
is yellow like honey in appearance. He has slightly red eyes, big arms and a
neck like a tortoise shell. He wears bracelets and the earrings given to him
by his mother Aditi, and is adorned with a diadem. Surya, the most
important name for the Sun, derives from the root words Sur, Swar, and
Sura. Sur means the Sun, a god, a learned man, and numerically represents
the number thirty-three. Swar represents the galaxy or the milky way; it
stands for sound, the voice, a musical note, scale, tone or tune, and refers to
the number seven. Sura is associated with
courage, valour and might.
If we examine deeply the concepts associated with the Sun we realize their
significance. The singleness of the chariot's wheel stands for perfect balance,
non-dependence on any external support, and the tremendous speed with
which the Sun moves. The Sun's chariot moves in Time which is always
associated with space. It can have its existence only with the support of the
three Gunas or primary attributes of objective manifestation. The objective
existence also requires the energy and vitality provided by Prana or the vital
force circulating in the three Nadis or nerves of the subtle body, the Ida,
Pingala and Sushumna. These are twined around the human spinal cord. The
three naves also stand for the threefold extension of time as past, present and
future which enables the unfoldment of the inner potential in time. The
desire for bodily existence or Trishna, the craving for sensual existence, also
arises from three primary motivational impulses, those for wealth, honor and
pleasure (Artha, Dharma and Kama). The three naves of the Sun's wheel
express the triple nature of the manifesting energy.
The five spokes refer to the five bases on which the objective manifestation
comes forth. For the macrocosm these are the five elements of earth, water,
fire, air and ether. For the microcosm they are the five sheaths; Annamaya
kosha (the physical body), Pranamaya kosha (the vesture of the vital airs),
Manomaya kosha (the sensorial vesture), Vijanmaya Kosha (the cognitional
vesture), and Anandamaya Kosha (the vesture of beatitude). The duration in
which these live and move is described by five various parameters. These
are Tithi (date), Var (day), Nakshatra (constellation), Yoga (combination of
stars), and Karan (division of the day which are eleven in number). For
astrological considerations these are very important.
The five vital airs energizing all forms of life are: Prana, the breath of life;
Apana, the vital air which goes downward; Vyana, the life-wind diffused
throughout the body; Udana, the life-wind which rises up the throat and