[2][3] Surya Shataka translates to a "century of stanzas in praise of the Sun" in Sanskrit.

Verses 1 to 43 extol the rays of Surya, 44 to 49 praise the horses of the deity, and 50 to 61 hail Aruna, the charioteer of the sun god.

While he was composing the verses, he was troubled by a brahmarakshasa, but he was able to defeat him and please the sun god to be cured of leprosy.

[2] The first verse of the Surya Shataka is as follows:[8][9] jambhārātībhakumbhodbhavamiva dadhataḥ sāndrasindūrareṇuṃraktāḥ siktāivaughairudayagiritaṭīdhātudhārādravasyaāyāntyā tulyakālaṃ kamalavanarucevāruṇā vo vibhūtyayabhūyāsurbhāsayanto bhuvanamabhinavā bhānavo bhānavīyāḥ

The early rays of the Sun look red as if they have resumed the thick streaks of vermilion, coming out of the temple of elephant of the killer of Jambha (Indra).