Chapter 11

Verse 44 (SB 12.11.44)

SB 12.11.43

SB 12.11.45

SB 12.11.44 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

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

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

viṣṇuḥ aśvataraḥ rambhā — Viṣṇu, Aśvatara and Rambhā; sūryavarcāḥ — Sūryavarcā; ca — and; satyajit — Satyajit; viśvāmitraḥ 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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

All these sun-gods and their associates are mentioned in divisions in the Kūrma Purāṇa, as follows: dhātāryamā ca mitraś cavaruṇaś cendra eva cavivasvān atha pūṣā caparjanyaś cāṁśur eva ca bhagas tvaṣṭā ca viṣṇuś caādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥpulastyaḥ pulahaś cātrirvasiṣṭo ’thāṅgirā bhṛguḥ gautamo ’tha bharadvājaḥkaśyapaḥ kratur eva cajamadagniḥ kauśikaś camunayo brahma-vādināḥ rathakṛc cāpy athojāś cagrāmaṇīḥ surucis tathāratha-citrasvanaḥ śrotāaruṇaḥ senajit tathātārkṣya ariṣṭanemiś caṛtajit satyajit tathā atha hetiḥ prahetiś capauruṣeyo vadhas tathāvaryo vyāghras tathāpaś cavāyur vidyud divākaraḥ brahmāpetaś ca vipendrāyajñāpetaś ca rākṣakāḥvāsukiḥ kacchanīraś catakṣakaḥ śukra eva ca elāpatraḥ śaṅkhapālastathairāvata-saṁjñitaḥdhanañjayo mahāpadmastathā karkoṭako dvijāḥ kambalo ’śvataraś caivavahanty enaṁ yathā-kramamtumburur nārado hāhāhūhūr viśvāvasus tathā ugraseno vasurucirviśvavasur athāparaḥcitrasenas tathorṇāyurdhṛṭarāṣṭro dvijottamāḥ sūryavarcā dvādaśaitegandharvā gāyatāṁ varāḥkṛtasthaly apsaro-varyātathānyā puñjikasthalī menakā sahajanyā capramlocā ca dvijottamāḥanumlocā ghṛtācī caviśvācī corvaśī tathā anyā ca pūrvacittiḥ syādanyā caiva tilottamārambhā ceti dvija-śreṣṭhāstathaivāpsarasaḥ smṛtāḥ