SB 5.21.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

तथा वालिखिल्या ऋषयो ऽङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्राः षष्टिसहस्राणि पुरतः सूर्यं सूक्तवाकाय नियुक्ताः संस्तुवन्ति. ॥ १७ ॥

tatha valikhilya rsayo 'ṅgustha-parva-matrah sasti-sahasrani puratah
suryam sukta-vakaya niyuktah samstuvanti.

tatha-there; valikhilyah-Valikhilyas; rsayah-great sages; aṅgustha-parva-matrah-whose size is that of a thumb; sasti-sahasrani-sixty thousand; puratah-in front; suryam-the sun-god; su-ukta-vakaya-for speaking eloquently; niyuktah-engaged; samstuvanti-offer prayers.

TRANSLATION

There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Valikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god and who offer him eloquent prayers of glorification.

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