SB 12.11.44
TEXT 44
viṣṇur aśvataro rambhā
sūryavarcāś ca satyajit
viśvāmitro makhāpeta
ūrja-māsaṁ nayanty amī
SYNONYMS
viṣṇuḥ aśvataraḥ rambhā—Viṣṇu, Aśvatara and Rambhā; sūryavarcāḥ—Sūryavarcā; ca—and; satyajit—Satyajit; viśvāmītraḥ makhāpetaḥ—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
SB 12.11.45 2008-03-17T12:26:01Z Acyuta 2
TEXT 45
etā bhagavato viṣṇor
ādityasya vibhūtayaḥ
smaratāṁ sandhyayor nṟṇāṁ
haranty aṁho dine dine
SYNONYMS
etāḥ—these; bhagavataḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; viṣṇoḥ—Lord Viṣṇu; ādityasya—of the sun-god; vibhūtayaḥ—the opulences; smaratām—for those who remember; sandhyayoḥ—at the junctures of the day; nṟṇām—for such men; haranti—they take away; aṁhaḥ—sinful reactions; dine dine—day after day.
TRANSLATION
All these personalities are the opulent expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, in the form of the sun-god. These deities take away all the sinful reactions of those who remember them each day at dawn and sunset.