Text 18]
The Movements of the Sun
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Although Aruṇadeva is in the front seat, controlling the horses, he looks back toward the sun-god from his left side.
TEXT 17
तथा वालविल्या ऋषयोऽङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्राः षष्टिसहस्राणि पुरतः स्वर्यं सूक्तवाकाय नियुक्ताः संस्तुवन्ति ॥ १७ ॥
tathā vālakhilyā ṛṣayo 'ṅguṣṭha-parva-mātrāḥ ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi purataḥ sūryam sūkta-vākāya niyuktāḥ saṁstuvanti.
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; saṁstu- vanti—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.
TEXT 18
तथान्ये च ऋषयो गन्धर्वाप्सरसो नागा ग्रामण्यो यातुधाना देवा इत्येकैकशो गणाः सप्त चतुर्दश मासि मासि भगवन्तं स्वर्यमात्मानं नानानामानं पृथङ्नाना नामानः पृथक्कर्मभिर्द्वन्द्वश उपासते ॥ १८ ॥
tathānye ca ṛṣayo gandharvāpsaraso nāgā grāmaṇyo yātudhānā devā ity ekaikaśo gaṇāḥ sapta caturdaśa māsi māsi bhagavantam sūryam ātmānam nānā-nāmānam pṛthaṅ-nānā-nāmānaḥ pṛthak-karmabhir dvandvaśa upāsate.
tathā—similarly; anye—others; ca—also; ṛṣayaḥ—saintly persons; gandharva-apsarasaḥ—Gandharvas and Apsarās; nāgāḥ—Nāga snakes; grāmaṇyaḥ—Yakṣas; yātudhānāḥ—Rākṣasas; devāḥ—demigods; iti—