Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 28
Kriyā-yoga, the Virāṭ-Puruṣa Mapping, and the Sun-God’s Monthly Expansions
श्रीशौनक उवाच शुको यदाह भगवान् विष्णुराताय शृण्वते । सौरो गणो मासि मासि नाना वसति सप्तक: ॥ २७ ॥ तेषां नामानि कर्माणि नियुक्तानामधीश्वरै: । ब्रूहि न: श्रद्दधानानां व्यूहं सूर्यात्मनो हरे: ॥ २८ ॥
śrī-śaunaka uvāca śuko yad āha bhagavān viṣṇu-rātāya śṛṇvate sauro gaṇo māsi māsi nānā vasati saptakaḥ
圣绍那迦说道：请为我们这些深信者讲述，薄伽梵·舒迦提婆曾对正在聆听的毗湿奴罗陀（帕利克希特）所说之事。太阳神的随从每个月以不同方式显现，皆为七位一组。请说明那些由诸主宰所任命者的名号与职司；因为他们乃是至上人格神哈利在“太阳主宰”形态下的个人扩展。
After hearing an account of the exalted conversation between Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śaunaka now inquires about the sun as the expansion of the Supreme Lord. Although the sun is the king of all planets, Śrī Śaunaka is specifically interested in this effulgent globe as the expansion of Śrī Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
FAQs
This verse introduces the topic by asking for the names and duties of the Sun’s sevenfold retinue that changes month by month, as described by Śukadeva to King Parīkṣit.
Because the Bhagavatam presents cosmic deities and their workings as manifestations and arrangements of Hari; Śaunaka wants the devotional understanding of the sun’s monthly system as an expression of Viṣṇu’s governance.
See nature and time (months, seasons, the sun’s power) as ordered by the Supreme, cultivating gratitude, reverence, and remembrance of Hari behind all cosmic functions.