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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.11.44
viṣṇur aśvataro rambhā
sūryavarcāś ca satyajit
viśvāmitro makhāpeta
ūrja-māsaḿ 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 cāḿśur eva ca
bhagas tvaṣṭā ca viṣṇuś ca
ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
pulastyaḥ pulahaś cātrir
vasiṣṭo 'thāńgirā 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 śańkhapālas
tathairāvata-saḿjñitaḥ
dhanañjayo mahāpadmas
tathā karkoṭako dvijāḥ
kambalo 'śvataraś caiva
vahanty enaḿ yathā-kramam
tumburur nārado hāhā
hūhūr viśvāvasus tathā
ugraseno vasurucir
viśvavasur athāparaḥ
citrasenas tathorṇāyur
dhṛṭarāṣṭro dvijottamāḥ
sūryavarcā dvādaśaite
gandharvā gāyatāḿ 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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