SB 5.21.18
TEXT 18
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TEXT
तथान्ये च ऋषयो गन्धर्वाप्सरसो नागा ग्रामण्यो यातुधाना देवा इत्येकैकशो गणाः सप्त चतुर्दश मासि मासि भगवन्तं सूर्यमात्मानं नानानामानं पृथङ्नानानामानः पृथक्कर्मभिर्द्वन्द्वश उपासते. ॥ १८ ॥
tathanye ca rsayo gandharvapsaraso naga gramanyo yatudhana deva
ity ekaikaso ganah sapta caturdasa masi masi bhagavantam suryam atmanam nana-namanam prthaṅ-nana-namanah prthak-karmabhir dvandvasa upasate. tatha-similarly; anye-others; ca-also; rsayah-saintly persons; gandharva-apsarasah-Gandharvas and Apsaras; nagah-Naga snakes; gramanyah-Yaksas; yatudhanah-Raksasas; devah-demigods; iti-thus; eka-ekasah-one by one; ganah-groups; sapta-seven; caturdasa-fourteen in number; masi masi-in every month; bhagavantam-unto the most powerful demigod; suryam-the sun-god; atmanam-the life of the universe; nana-various; namanam-who possesses names; prthak-separate; nana-namanah-having various names; prthak-separate; karmabhih-by ritualistic ceremonies; dvandvasah-in groups of two; upasate-worship.
TRANSLATION
Similarly, fourteen other saints, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Nagas, Yaksas, Raksasas and demigods, who are divided into groups of two, assume different names every month and continuously perform different ritualistic ceremonies to worship the Supreme Lord as the most powerful demigod Suryadeva, who holds many names.
PURPORT
In the Visnu Purana it is said:
stuvanti munayah suryam
gandharvair giyate purah nrtyanto 'psaraso yanti suryasyanu nisacarah vahanti pannaga yaksaih
kriyate 'bhisusaṅgrahah valikhilyas tathaivainam parivarya samasate so 'yam sapta-ganah surya-
mandale muni-sattama himosna vari-vrstinam hetutve samayam gatah Worshiping the most powerful demigod Surya, the Gandharvas sing in front of him, the Apsaras dance before the chariot, the Nisacaras follow the chariot, the Pannagas decorate the chariot, the Yaksas guard the chariot, and the saints called the Valikhilyas surround the sun-god and offer prayers. The seven groups of fourteen associates arrange the proper times for regular snow, heat and rain throughout the universe.
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