ल्येतुवा-देशात् तृणमणि-विषय एकाऽऽख्यायिका

पूरा त्वाकाशे सूर्यौ द्वावेवास्ताम् ।

On worshipping the sun as god

The sun has been worshipped as a deity in many of the major religious traditions in history, dating at least from the ancient Egyptian religion which worshipped the sun god 𒊑𒀀 (a.k.a. Re or Ra).