SB 5.21.17
Devanāgarī
तथा वालिखिल्या ऋषयोऽङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्रा: षष्टिसहस्राणि पुरत: सूर्यं सूक्तवाकाय नियुक्ता: संस्तुवन्ति ॥ १७ ॥
Text
tathā vālikhilyā ṛṣayo ’ṅguṣṭha-parva-mātrāḥ ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi purataḥ sūryaṁ sūkta-vākāya niyuktāḥ saṁstuvanti.
Synonyms
tathā—there;vālikhilyāḥ—Vālikhilyas;ṛṣayaḥ—great sages;aṅguṣṭha-parva-mātrāḥ—whose size is that of a thumb;ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi—sixty thousand;purataḥ—in front;sūryam—the sun-god;su-ukta-vākāya—for speaking eloquently;niyuktāḥ—engaged;saṁstuvanti—offer prayers.
Translation
There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Vālikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god and who offer him eloquent prayers of glorification.