Shloka 28

सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

तक्षकश् च तथा नाग एलापत्रस् तथा द्विजाः शङ्खपालस् तथा चान्यस् त्व् ऐरावत इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

takṣakaś ca tathā nāga elāpatras tathā dvijāḥ śaṅkhapālas tathā cānyas tv airāvata iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

தக்ஷகர், நாகர், ஏலாபத்ரர் மற்றும் த்விஜர்கள்; மேலும் சங்கபாலர், இன்னொருவரும்—அவர்களுள் ஐராவதனும் நினைவுகூரப்படுகிறார்।

Word by Word

• तक्षकः: Takṣaka (a serpent-king)

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• नागः: Nāga (a serpent-king / nāga)

• एलापत्रः: Elāpatra (a serpent-king)

• तथा: likewise

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (Brāhmaṇa/Kṣatriya/Vaiśya) / those called dvija

• शङ्खपालः: Śaṅkhapāla (a serpent-king)

• तथा: likewise

• च: and

• अन्यः: another

• तु: indeed/also

• ऐरावतः: Airāvata (a serpent-king, distinct from Indra’s elephant)

• इति: thus

• स्मृतः: remembered/recorded in tradition

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya; internal catalogue-style narration inferred)