Shloka 36

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

पूषा देवः षड्भिः सहस्रैः (रश्मिगणैः) सह गण्यते; अंशुः सप्तसहस्रैः तथा; धाता अष्टसहस्रैः; शतक्रतुरिन्द्रः नवसहस्रैः—एवं देवानां गणाः परिगण्यन्ते।

Word by Word

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: with six

• sahasraiḥ: thousands

• pūṣā: Pūṣan (solar nourisher-deity)

• tu: indeed/and

• devaḥ: the god

• aṃśuḥ: Aṃśu (radiant solar portion)

• saptabhiḥ: with seven

• tathā: likewise

• dhātā: Dhātṛ (the sustainer/ordainer)

• aṣṭabhiḥ: with eight

• sahasraiḥ tu: with thousands indeed

• navabhiḥ: with nine

• tu: and

• śatakratuḥ: Śatakratu (Indra, ‘of a hundred rites’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)