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The Activities of King Bharata
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TEXT 13
इत्थं धृतभगवद्गतं ऐणेयाजिनवाससानुसवनाभिषेकार्द्रकपिशकुटिलजटाकलापेन च विरोचमानः सूर्यर्चा भगवन्तं हिरण्यं पुरुषप्रज्ञिहाने सूर्यमण्डले- ऽम्युपतिष्ठन्नेतदु होवाच—॥१३॥
ittham dhṛta-bhagavad-vrata aiṇeyājina-vāsasānusavanābhiṣekārdra- kapiśa-kuṭila-jaṭā-kalāpena ca virocamānaḥ sūryarcā bhagavantam hiraṇmayam puruṣam ujjihāne sūrya-maṇḍale 'bhyupatiṣṭhann etad u hovāca.
ittham—in this way; dhṛta-bhagavat-vrataḥ—having accepted the vow to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead; aiṇeya-ajina- vāsasa—with a dress of a deerskin; anusavana—three times in a day: abhiṣeka—by a bath; ardra—wet; kapiśa—tawny; kuṭila-jaṭā—of curling and matted hair; kalāpena—by masses; ca—and: virocamānaḥ—being very beautifully decorated; sūryarcā—by the Vedic hymns worshiping the expansion of Nārāyaṇa within the sun: bhagavantam—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead: hiraṇ- mayam—the Lord, whose bodily hue is just like gold: puruṣam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ujjihāne—when rising: sūrya-maṇ- ḍale—the sun globe; abhyupatiṣṭhan—worshiping: etat—this: u ha— certainly; uvāca—he recited.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Bharata appeared very beautiful. He had a wealth of curly hair on his head, which was wet from bathing three times daily. He dressed in a deerskin. He worshiped Lord Nārāyaṇa, whose body was composed of golden effulgence and who resided within the sun. Mahārāja Bharata worshiped Lord Nārāyaṇa by chanting the hymns given in the Rg Veda, and he recited the following verse as the sun rose.
PURPORT
The predominating Deity within the sun is Hiraṇmaya. Lord Nārāyaṇa. He is worshiped by the Gāyatrī  mantra: om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ