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 teṣāṁ nāmāni karmāṇi niyuktānām adhīśvaraiḥ brūhi naḥ śraddadhānānāṁ vyūhaṁ sūryātmano hareḥ
- śrī-śaunakaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śaunaka said
- śukaḥ
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī
- yat
- which
- āha
- described
- bhagavān
- the great sage
- viṣṇu-rātāya
- to King Parīkṣit
- śṛṇvate
- who was listening
- sauraḥ
- of the sun-god
- gaṇaḥ
- the associates
- māsi māsi
- in each month
- nānā
- various
- vasati
- who reside
- saptakaḥ
- the group of seven
- teṣām
- of them
- nāmāni
- the names
- karmāṇi
- the activities
- niyuktānām
- who are engaged
- adhīśvaraiḥ
- by the various features of the sun-god, who are their controllers
- brūhi
- please speak
- naḥ
- to us
- śraddadhānānām
- who are faithful
- vyūham
- the personal expansions
- sūrya-ātmanaḥ
- in His personal expansion as the sun-god
- hareḥ
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari
Śrī Śaunaka said: Please describe to us, who have great faith in your words, the different sets of seven personal features and associates the sun-god exhibits during each month, along with their names and activities. The associates of the sun-god, who serve their lord, are personal expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari in His feature as the presiding deity of the sun.