[403] Two negatives in this verse amounting to an affirmitive. This is the only instance of double negatives in Valmiki.--T.
Then the revered Agastya, who, desirous of witnessing the fight, had along with the deities come there,--seeing Ravana spent with the toil of conflict, staying in the field plunged in thought, and stationed before Rama for engaging in encounter,--addressed Rama, drawing near to him, saying,--"Rama, Rama, O mighty-armed one, hearken to the eternal secret, whereby, my child, thou wilt conquer all foes in fight,--_Aditya-hridaya,_[404] sacred, capable of destroying all foes, bringing victory--the recitation, enduring and indestructible,--and supremely good; fraught with all welfare, removing every sin,--chasing away anxiety and grief, bringing length of days; and excellent. Do thou worship Vivaçwata's offspring--the Sun--lord of the world, furnished with rays,--who maketh people engage in work, and who is bowed down to by deities and Asuras. This effulgent one, producing rays is instinct with the spirits of all the deities; and he with his rays ruleth all creatures--and the hosts of celestials and Asuras. This Sun is Brahma and Vishnu and Siva and Skanda[405] and Prajapati,[406] and Mahendra and Dhanada[407] and the Destroyer--Yama--and Soma[408] and the Lord of waters; and the Pitris,[409] and the Vasus, and the Sadhyas[410] and the two Açwinis[411] and the Maruts and Manu,[412] and the Wind-god and the God of fire and the creatures and the Creator of life and the seasons. And he is Aditya[413] and Savita[414] and Suryya[415] and Khaga[416] and Pusha[417] and Gavastiman[418] and the Golden-looking and Bhanu[419] and Hiranyareta[420] and Divakara.[421] And he is Haridaçwa[422] and Saltasrarchi[423] and Saptasapti[424] and Marichiman.[425] And he subdueth darkness, and he is Sambhu[426] and Tashta[427] and Martandaka[428] and Ançuman.[429] And he is Hiranyagarbha,[430] Sicira,[431] and Tapana,[432] and Ahaskara[433] and Ravi,[434] and Agnigarbha,[435] and Aditi's son,[436] and Sankha,[437] and Siciranaçana,[438] Byomanatha[439] and Tamabheda,[440] the one proficient in Rik, Yajus and Sama; and Ghanavrishti,[441] and the friend of the Apas,[442] and he that swiftly courseth in the Vindhya way. And he is Atapi[443] and Mandali[444] and Mrityu.[445] And he is Pingala,[446] and the destroyer of everything, and the Omniscient, and he having the universe for his form,[447] and the exceedingly energetic one, and the beloved of all, and that one lording it over all kinds of actions. And he is the lord[448] of stars and planets and constallations, and the origin of everything, and the one powerful pre-eminently of powerful things[449]--and the one having twelve forms.[450] I bow unto thee (having these forms and functions). Salutation unto the Eastern mount and the mount of the West. Salutation unto the lord of the stellar bodies and salutation also unto the lord of day. Salutation and salutation unto him that bringeth victory, and the joy that springeth up from victory; and unto him of yellow steeds. Salutation, salutation, O thousand-rayed one; Salutation and salutation unto Aditya. Salutation unto him that keepeth his senses under subjection; Salutation and salutation unto the Hero,[451] and unto Saranga[452] and unto him that awakenest the Lotus.[453] And (salutation) unto thee, O fierce one. Salutation unto the Lord himself of Brahma, Içana[454] and Achchyuta,[455] and unto Sura[456] and unto him that constitutes the knowledge of Aditya, and unto him that unfoldeth me and not-me; and unto the devourer of all, and unto the form of the destroyer of the darkness of ignorance, Salutation unto the destroyer of darkness, and unto the destroyer of enemies, and unto him of immeasurable Soul, and unto the destroyer of the ingrate, and unto the deity, and unto the lord of all stellar bodies. And salutation unto him that boasteth of the splendour of burning gold, unto the destroyer of all mental obscurity,--and unto the maker of the universe. Salutation unto the remover of darkness; unto the illuminator of the Soul; unto the all-beholding one of all the worlds. The lord createth everything and verily destroyeth it. And with his rays he sucketh up, and destroyeth and createth (everything). When all are asleep, this one waketh, and he is resident in the hearts of all creatures. This one is both Agnihotra as well as the fruit reaped by the sacrifices thereof. And he constitutes the gods and the sacrifices and the fruit also thereof; and he is the lord of all acts that are performed by creatures. If a person recites this (hymn), he, O Raghava, doth not come by misfortune, when he is in peril of his life, or is ill, or in a lonely place, or in fear.