ऋतुर्वर्चा भरद्वाज: पर्जन्य: सेनजित्तथा । विश्व ऐरावतश्चैव तपस्याख्यं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४० ॥
ṛtur varcā bharadvājaḥ parjanyaḥ senajit tathā viśva airāvataś caiva tapasyākhyaṁ nayanty amī
- ṛtuḥ varcā bharadvājaḥ
- Ṛtu, Varcā and Bharadvāja
- parjanyaḥ senajit
- Parjanya and Senajit
- tathā
- also
- viśvaḥ airāvataḥ
- Viśva and Airāvata
- ca eva
- also
- tapasya-ākhyam
- the month known as Tapasya (Phālguna)
- nayanti
- rule
- amī
- these
Ṛtu as the Yakṣa, Varcā as the Rākṣasa, Bharadvāja as the sage, Parjanya as the sun-god, Senajit as the Apsarā, Viśva as the Gandharva and Airāvata as the Nāga rule the month known as Tapasya.