Paraphrases
The following is a list of English paraphrases or free translations.
| author | year | paraphrase |
| Sir William Jones | 1807 | "Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress toward his holy seat." |
| William Quan Judge | 1893 | "Unveil, O Thou who givest sustenance to the Universe, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, that face of the True Sun now hidden by a vase of golden light, that we may see the truth and do our whole duty on our journey to thy sacred seat." |
| Sivanath Sastri (Brahmo Samaj) | 1911 | "We meditate on the worshipable power and glory of Him who has created the earth, the nether world and the heavens (i.e. the universe), and who directs our understanding." |
| Swami Vivekananda | 1915 | "We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may He enlighten our minds." |
| S. Radhakrishnan | 1947, 1953 |
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