Why Is Jal (Water) Offered to Surya—the Sun God? 7
of the different parts of our body system. It may surprise many to know that
several parts of the human body have different colours. Our nerves are blue,
the heart is red, kidneys and pancreas are brownish, the bones are white,
and the brain nerves are in rainbow colours.
The rays of the sun are white, but when passed through a medium, they
get broken into their basic hues. When we offer water or jal in the morning
to the rising sun in the prescribed manner, the sheet of water falling on to
the ground works as a medium to split the sun’s rays into a spectrum of
colours and enters our body to benefit us.
If you wish to offer water to the sun, you must do it in the correct and
prescribed manner. Stand facing the sun with a vessel full of water. Hold the
vessel at a level between the sun and your eyes. Then pour out the water
slowly to the ground, allowing the sun’s rays to pass through the sheet of
water falling on the ground. The rays of the sun, while passing through the
offered water, will break into their basic colours and fall on the face and
thus enter the body of the person offering the water to benefit him
spiritually as well as physically. However, some people hold the view that
the water vessel should be held at chest level.
Receiving solar energy in this manner taps a natural source of Mother
Nature for our benefit, with no side effects. Hindu scriptures state that the
ultraviolet rays of the sun destroy the bacteria of several deadly diseases.
Therefore, while offering water, a mantra is uttered:
Om Rogiam Vinashaya Dev Jyoti Namaste
Besides curing and warding off diseases, one improves ones eyesight too by
worshipping the sun god, surya. Astrologically, the sun is symbolic of one’s
eyes, soul and father. Therefore, offering water to surya mitigates past life
karma, ill deeds done against one’s father, enhances eyesight and elevates
one spiritually.
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