Shloka 12

सूर्यरथः, सप्तगणाः, मासाधिकारिणः

The Sun’s Chariot and the Sevenfold Monthly Governors

Devanagari script

विश्वावसुर् भरद्वाजः पर्जन्यैरावतौ तथा विश्वाची सेनजिच् चापि कार्त्तिके चाधिकारिणः

Transliteration

viśvāvasur bharadvājaḥ parjanyairāvatau tathā viśvācī senajic cāpi kārttike cādhikāriṇaḥ

Translation

ကာတ္တိက လအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ကောင်းကင်အရာရှိများမှာ ဝိශ්ဝာဝစု နှင့် ဘရဒ္ဝါဇ; ထို့ပြင် ပရ္ဇန္ယ နှင့် အဲရာဝတ; နှင့် ဝိශ්ဝာချီ၊ စေနဇစ် တို့ဖြစ်ပြီး တစ်ဦးချင်းစီသည် သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် အာဏာကို ထမ်းဆောင်သည်။

Word by Word

विश्वावसुःViśvāvasu (name)

भरद्वाजःBharadvāja (name)

पर्जन्यःParjanya (rain-god; name)

ऐरावतःAirāvata (name)

तथाlikewise/and also

विश्वाचीViśvācī (apsaras name)

सेनजित्Senajit (name; ‘conqueror of armies’)

चand

अपिalso

कार्त्तिकेin Kārttika (month)

चand

अधिकारिणःthe presiding authorities/officials

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Viśvāvasu

Bharadvāja

Parjanya

Airāvata

Viśvācī

Senajit

Kārttika

FAQs

What is the significance of listing Kārttika’s adhikārins in the Vishnu Purana?

It shows that time is not random: each month has designated celestial functionaries who uphold cosmic order, ultimately under Viṣṇu’s supreme governance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmic administration in this section?

He presents a structured roster of beings—sage, deity, Gandharva, Apsaras, and others—assigned to specific temporal units, illustrating delegated authority within a single divine order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when multiple deities are named, the Purāṇa frames them as offices within a unified cosmic system whose sustaining power and sovereignty rest with Viṣṇu as the Supreme Reality.