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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.21.17
tatha valikhilya rsayo 'ngustha-parva-matrah sasti-sahasrani puratah suryam sukta-vakaya niyuktah samstuvanti
SYNONYMS
tatha -- there; valikhilyah -- Valikhilyas; rsayah -- great sages; angustha-parva-matrah -- whose size is that of a thumb; sasti-sahasrani -- sixty thousand; puratah -- in front; suryam -- the sun-god; su-ukta-vakaya -- for speaking eloquently; niyuktah -- engaged; samstuvanti -- offer prayers.
TRANSLATION
There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Valikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god and who offer him eloquent prayers of glorification.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness