THE SUN( O COSMIC GOD)
The early morning walk invoked my feeling for the rising Sun, splashing its golden beams everywhere. Life had begun. With reverence to the Sun God I chanted the Gayatri Mantra.
Om Bhur Bhuvah Swah: Tat Savitur Varenyam: Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi Dhiyo Yo nah Prachodayat:
Meaning:
God You are Omnipresent,Omnipotent and Almighty.
You are all Light. You are all Knowledge and Bliss. You are Destroyer of fear; You are creator of this Universe,
You are the Greatest of all. We bow and meditate upon your light.
You guide our intellect in the right direction.
There is a great scientific meaning behind this mantra.
Bhur the earth Bhuvah the planets (solar family) swah the Galaxy. We observe that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900RPM moves, it makes noise. Then one can imagine what great noise would be created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles per second. This sound is termed as ‘Om’ The sound was heard during the meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra. He told us that we could realize the formless God through the known factors viz , sound of Om and light of Suns(stars).
The Sun has been worshipped as God since preshitoric times. The ancient Egyptians the Aztecs of Mexico Native American tribes(Red Indians) the Chinese and many others have been inspired by the Sun. The Sun was called ‘Helios’ by the ancient Greeks and ‘Sol’by the Romans. Which eventually got the name‘Sun’ in English.
It has a diameter of about 1,392,000km about 109 times that of Earth and its mass (about 2x10raised to the power of thirty kgm.330,000 times than of Earth). Three fourth of the Suns mass consist of Hydrogen, while the rest of is mostly Helium . Less than 2% consists of heavier elements like oxygen carbon neon iron etc. About one million Earths could fit inside the Sun. The Sun is made up of ionized gases it is not a solid body like our Earth. The Sun is about 4.5 billion years old. The structure of the Sun is made up of i) The Core ii) the radiative zone &iii) the connective zone in the interior, iv) visible surface (photosphere), v) the Chromosphere and the outermost region vi) the Corona. The Core produces the Thermal energy through nuclear fusion in the Hydrogen atoms. This energy travels to the layers of photospheres before it escapes into the space as sunlight, also termed as kinetic energy of the particles, which we receive on Earth after about eight minutes. The energy of the sunlight supports almost all life on Earth and drives its climates and weather too. Dark spots called sunspots are visible in the photosphere region. They are areas of strong magnetic fields. They are cooler than the surrounding region.
The Sun is the closest Star to our Earth, a distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million miles). This distance of Earth to the Sun is termed as Astonomical Unit(AU), it sets scale of distance all across our solar system.
In addition to heat and light the Sun emits a low density stream of charged particles (mostly electrons and protons) known as the solar wind, travelling 450 km/sec . The Solar winds & the Solar flares in the Corona region can create disturbances on Earth. .
The recent news about the Solar Storm has been predicted by an American Scientist (Astronaut) Kathryn Sullivan declared that in 2013 our Earth is expected to face Solar Storm. It is the release of radiations and charged particles from the Corona of the Sun. They affect the satellite system which result in disruption of working of Computers, Navigation and Telephone Networkings. What measures the Scientist are taking to overcome this new hurdle endangering our Earth is the point of concern!
O Cosmic God
Bhadram karnebhi srunuyama devah,
Bhadram pasyemaksabhir yajatrah;
Sthirair angais tustuvamsas tunubhih,
Vyasem deva-hitam yadayuh.
O Cosmic God
May we hear with our human ears all that is auspicious,
O God who are truly of worship ,
May we see with our human eyes all that is auspicious .
May we enjoy our Life given by You.
My above article was published in The Hitavada dt.5th June 2011.
Prajakta Dighe
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