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Shloka 36

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

षड्भिः सहस्रैः पूषा तु देवो ऽंशुः सप्तभिस् तथा धाताष्टभिः सहस्रैस्तु नवभिस्तु शतक्रतुः

ṣaḍbhiḥ sahasraiḥ pūṣā tu devo 'ṃśuḥ saptabhis tathā dhātāṣṭabhiḥ sahasraistu navabhistu śatakratuḥ

पूषा देव छह सहस्र (रश्मि-गणों) सहित गिना जाता है; अंशु सात सहस्र सहित; धाता आठ सहस्र सहित; और शतक्रतु इन्द्र नौ सहस्र सहित—इस प्रकार देव-गणों की संख्या कही गई है।

ṣaḍbhiḥwith six
ṣaḍbhiḥ:
sahasraiḥthousands
sahasraiḥ:
pūṣāPūṣan (solar nourisher-deity)
pūṣā:
tuindeed/and
tu:
devaḥthe god
devaḥ:
aṃśuḥAṃśu (radiant solar portion)
aṃśuḥ:
saptabhiḥwith seven
saptabhiḥ:
tathālikewise
tathā:
dhātāDhātṛ (the sustainer/ordainer)
dhātā:
aṣṭabhiḥwith eight
aṣṭabhiḥ:
sahasraiḥ tuwith thousands indeed
sahasraiḥ tu:
navabhiḥwith nine
navabhiḥ:
tuand
tu:
śatakratuḥŚatakratu (Indra, ‘of a hundred rites’)
śatakratuḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)