Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 - Chapter 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: इन्द्रो विश्वावसु: श्रोता एलापत्रस्तथाङ्गिरा: ।प्रम्‍लोचा राक्षसो वर्यो नभोमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: indro viśvāvasuḥ śrotāelāpatras tathāṅgirāḥpramlocā rākṣaso varyonabho-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Indra as the sun-god, Viśvāvasu as the Gandharva, Śrotā as the Yakṣa, Elāpatra as the Nāga, Aṅgirā as the sage, Pramlocā as the Apsarā and Varya as the Rākṣasa rule the month of Nabhas. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: विवस्वानुग्रसेनश्च व्याघ्र आसारणो भृगु: ।अनुम्‍लोचा शङ्खपालो नभस्याख्यं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: vivasvān ugrasenaś cavyāghra āsāraṇo bhṛguḥanumlocā śaṅkhapālonabhasyākhyaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Vivasvān as the sun-god, Ugrasena as the Gandharva, Vyāghra as the Rākṣasa, Āsāraṇa as the Yakṣa, Bhṛgu as the sage, Anumlocā as the Apsarā and Śaṅkhapāla as the Nāga rule the month of Nabhasya. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: पूषा धनञ्जयो वात: सुषेण: सुरुचिस्तथा ।घृताची गौतमश्चेति तपोमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: pūṣā dhanañjayo vātaḥsuṣeṇaḥ surucis tathāghṛtācī gautamaś cetitapo-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Pūṣā as the sun-god, Dhanañjaya as the Nāga, Vāta as the Rākṣasa, Suṣeṇa as the Gandharva, Suruci as the Yakṣa, Ghṛtācī as the Apsarā and Gautama as the sage rule the month of Tapas. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: ऋतुर्वर्चा भरद्वाज: पर्जन्य: सेनजित्तथा ।विश्व ऐरावतश्चैव तपस्याख्यं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: ṛtur varcā bharadvājaḥparjanyaḥ senajit tathāviśva airāvataś caivatapasyākhyaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Ṛtu as the Yakṣa, Varcā as the Rākṣasa, Bharadvāja as the sage, Parjanya as the sun-god, Senajit as the Apsarā, Viśva as the Gandharva and Airāvata as the Nāga rule the month known as Tapasya. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: अथांशु: कश्यपस्तार्क्ष्य ऋतसेनस्तथोर्वशी ।विद्युच्छत्रुर्महाशङ्ख: सहोमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: athāṁśuḥ kaśyapas tārkṣyaṛtasenas tathorvaśīvidyucchatrur mahāśaṅkhaḥsaho-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Aṁśu as the sun-god, Kaśyapa as the sage, Tārkṣya as the Yakṣa, Ṛtasena as the Gandharva, Urvaśī as the Apsarā, Vidyucchatru as the Rākṣasa and Mahāśaṅkha as the Nāga rule the month of Sahas. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: भग: स्फूर्जोऽरिष्टनेमिरूर्ण आयुश्च पञ्चम: ।कर्कोटक: पूर्वचित्ति: पुष्यमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: bhagaḥ sphūrjo ’riṣṭanemirūrṇa āyuś ca pañcamaḥkarkoṭakaḥ pūrvacittiḥpuṣya-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Bhaga as the sun-god, Sphūrja as the Rākṣasa, Ariṣṭanemi as the Gandharva, Ūrṇa as the Yakṣa, Āyur as the sage, Karkoṭaka as the Nāga and Pūrvacitti as the Apsarā rule the month of Puṣya. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: त्वष्टा ऋचीकतनय: कम्बलश्च तिलोत्तमा ।ब्रह्मापेतोऽथ शतजिद् धृतराष्ट्र इषम्भरा: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṣṭā ṛcīka-tanayaḥkambalaś ca tilottamābrahmāpeto ’tha satajiddhṛtarāṣṭra iṣam-bharāḥ Translation: Tvaṣṭā as the sun-god; Jamadagni, the son of Ṛcīka, as the sage; Kambalāśva as the Nāga; Tilottamā as the Apsarā; Brahmāpeta as the Rākṣasa; Śatajit as the Yakṣa; and Dhṛtarāṣṭra as the Gandharva maintain the month of Iṣa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44 Sanskrit: विष्णुरश्वतरो रम्भा सूर्यवर्चाश्च सत्यजित् ।विश्वामित्रो मखापेत ऊर्जमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४४ ॥ ITRANS: viṣṇur aśvataro rambhāsūryavarcāś ca satyajitviśvāmitro makhāpetaūrja-māsaṁ nayanty amī 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:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45 Sanskrit: एता भगवतो विष्णोरादित्यस्य विभूतय: ।स्मरतां सन्ध्ययोर्नृणां हरन्त्यंहो दिने दिने ॥ ४५ ॥ ITRANS: etā bhagavato viṣṇorādityasya vibhūtayaḥsmaratāṁ sandhyayor nṝṇāṁharanty aṁho dine dine Translation: All these personalities are the opulent expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, in the form of the sun-god. These deities take away all the sinful reactions of those who remember them each day at dawn and sunset....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 46 Sanskrit: द्वादशस्वपि मासेषु देवोऽसौ षड्‌भिरस्य वै ।चरन् समन्तात्तनुते परत्रेह च सन्मतिम् ॥ ४६ ॥ ITRANS: dvādaśasv api māseṣudevo ’sau ṣaḍbhir asya vaicaran samantāt tanuteparatreha ca san-matim Translation: Thus, throughout the twelve months, the lord of the sun travels in all directions with his six types of associates, disseminating among the inhabitants of this universe purity of consciousness for both this life and the next....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 47-48 Sanskrit: सामर्ग्यजुर्भिस्तल्ल‍िङ्गैऋर्षय: संस्तुवन्त्यमुम् ।गन्धर्वास्तं प्रगायन्ति नृत्यन्त्यप्सरसोऽग्रत: ॥ ४७ ॥उन्नह्यन्ति रथं नागा ग्रामण्यो रथयोजका: ।चोदयन्ति रथं पृष्ठे नैऋर्ता बलशालिन: ॥ ४८ ॥ ITRANS: sāmarg-yajurbhis tal-liṅgairṛṣayaḥ saṁstuvanty amumgandharvās taṁ pragāyantinṛtyanty apsaraso ’grataḥ Translation: While the sages glorify the sun-god with the hymns of the Sāma, Ṛg and Yajur Vedas, which reveal his identity, the Gandharvas also sing his praises and the Apsarās dance before his chariot....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49 Sanskrit: वालखिल्या: सहस्राणि षष्टिर्ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमला: ।पुरतोऽभिमुखं यान्ति स्तुवन्ति स्तुतिभिर्विभुम् ॥ ४९ ॥ ITRANS: vālakhilyāḥ sahasrāṇiṣaṣṭir brahmarṣayo ’malāḥpurato ’bhimukhaṁ yāntistuvanti stutibhir vibhum Translation: Facing the chariot, the sixty thousand brāhmaṇa sages known as Vālakhilyas travel in front and offer prayers to the almighty sun-god with Vedic mantras. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: एवं ह्यनादिनिधनो भगवान् हरिरीश्वर: ।कल्पे कल्पे स्वमात्मानं व्यूह्य लोकानवत्यज: ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ hy anādi-nidhanobhagavān harir īśvaraḥkalpe kalpe svam ātmānaṁvyūhya lokān avaty ajaḥ Translation: For the protection of all the worlds, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who is unborn and without beginning or end, thus expands Himself during each day of Brahmā into these specific categories of His personal representations....