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SB 12.11.44

Devanāgarī

विष्णुरश्वतरो रम्भा सूर्यवर्चाश्च सत्यजित् । विश्वामित्रो मखापेत ऊर्जमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४४ ॥

Text

viṣṇur aśvataro rambhā sūryavarcāś ca satyajit viśvāmitro makhāpeta ūrja-māsaṁ nayanty amī

Synonyms

viṣṇuḥaśvataraḥrambhā—Viṣṇu, Aśvatara and Rambhā;sūryavarcāḥ—Sūryavarcā;ca—and;satyajit—Satyajit;viśvāmitraḥmakhāpetaḥ—Viśvāmitra and Makhāpeta;ūrja-māsam—the month of Ūrja (Kārttika);nayanti—rule;amī—these.

Translation

Viṣṇu as the sun-god, Aśvatara as the Nāga, Rambhā as the Apsarā, Sūryavarcā as the Gandharva, Satyajit as the Yakṣa, Viśvāmitra as the sage and Makhāpeta as the Rākṣasa rule the month of Ūrja.

Purport

All these sun-gods and their associates are mentioned in divisions in the Kūrma Purāṇa, as follows:

dhātāryamā ca mitraś ca varuṇaś cendra eva ca vivasvān atha pūṣā ca parjanyaś cāṁśur eva ca

bhagas tvaṣṭā ca viṣṇuś ca ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaś cātrir vasiṣṭo ’thāṅgirā bhṛguḥ

gautamo ’tha bharadvājaḥ kaśyapaḥ kratur eva ca jamadagniḥ kauśikaś ca munayo brahma-vādināḥ

rathakṛc cāpy athojāś ca grāmaṇīḥ surucis tathā ratha-citrasvanaḥ śrotā aruṇaḥ senajit tathā tārkṣya ariṣṭanemiś ca ṛtajit satyajit tathā

atha hetiḥ prahetiś ca pauruṣeyo vadhas tathā varyo vyāghras tathāpaś ca vāyur vidyud divākaraḥ

brahmāpetaś ca vipendrā yajñāpetaś ca rākṣakāḥ vāsukiḥ kacchanīraś ca takṣakaḥ śukra eva ca

elāpatraḥ śaṅkhapālas tathairāvata-saṁjñitaḥ dhanañjayo mahāpadmas tathā karkoṭako dvijāḥ

kambalo ’śvataraś caiva vahanty enaṁ yathā-kramam tumburur nārado hāhā hūhūr viśvāvasus tathā

ugraseno vasurucir viśvavasur athāparaḥ citrasenas tathorṇāyur dhṛṭarāṣṭro dvijottamāḥ

sūryavarcā dvādaśaite gandharvā gāyatāṁ varāḥ kṛtasthaly apsaro-varyā tathānyā puñjikasthalī

menakā sahajanyā ca pramlocā ca dvijottamāḥ anumlocā ghṛtācī ca viśvācī corvaśī tathā

anyā ca pūrvacittiḥ syād anyā caiva tilottamā rambhā ceti dvija-śreṣṭhās tathaivāpsarasaḥ smṛtāḥ
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