SB 12.11.44 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

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 ; 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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. Ūrja means Kārtika month. Viṣṇu is the sun-god, Aśvatara is the Nāga, Rambhā is the Apsarā, [Note: Verse 36 has Rambhā as the Apsarā also. Perhaps this is a mistake.] Sūryavarcā is the Gandharva, Satyajit is the Yakṣa, Viśvāmitra is the sage and Makhāpeta is the Rākṣasa.

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 yajṣāpetaś ca rākṣakāḥ vāsukiḥ kacchanīraś ca takṣakaḥ śukra eva ca elāpatraḥ śaṅkhapālas tathairāvata-saṁjṣitaḥ dhanaṣjayo 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 puṣjikasthalī 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