तथा वालिखिल्या ऋषयोऽङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्रा: षष्टिसहस्राणि पुरत: सूर्यं सूक्तवाकाय नियुक्ता: संस्तुवन्ति ॥ १७ ॥
tatha valikhilya rsayo ’ngustha-parva-matrah sasti-sahasrani puratah suryam sukta-vakaya niyuktah samstuvanti.
- tatha
- there
- valikhilyah
- Valikhilyas
- rsayah
- great sages
- angustha-parva-matrah
- whose size is that of a thumb
- sasti-sahasrani
- sixty thousand
- puratah
- in front
- suryam
- the sun-god
- su-ukta-vakaya
- for speaking eloquently
- niyuktah
- engaged
- samstuvanti
- offer prayers.
There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Valikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god and who offer him eloquent prayers of glorification.