तथान्ये च ऋषयो गन्धर्वाप्सरसो नागा ग्रामण्यो यातुधाना देवा इत्येकैकशो गणा: सप्त चतुर्दश मासि मासि भगवन्तं सूर्यमात्मानं नानानामानं पृथङ्नानानामान: पृथक्कर्मभिर्द्वन्द्वश उपासते ॥ १८ ॥
tathanye ca rsayo gandharvapsaraso naga gramanyo yatudhana deva ity ekaikaso ganah sapta caturdasa masi masi bhagavantam suryam atmanam nana-namanam prthan-nana-namanah prthak-karmabhir dvandvasa upasate.
- tatha
- similarly
- anye
- others
- ca
- also
- rsayah
- saintly persons
- gandharva-apsarasah
- Gandharvas and Apsaras
- nagah
- Naga snakes
- gramanyah
- Yaksas
- yatudhanah
- Raksasas
- devah
- demigods
- iti
- thus
- eka-ekasah
- one by one
- ganah
- groups
- sapta
- seven
- caturdasa
- fourteen in number
- masi masi
- in every month
- bhagavantam
- unto the most powerful demigod
- suryam
- the sun-god
- atmanam
- the life of the universe
- nana
- various
- namanam
- who possesses names
- prthak
- separate
- nana-namanah
- having various names
- prthak
- separate
- karmabhih
- by ritualistic ceremonies
- dvandvasah
- in groups of two
- upasate
- worship
Similarly, fourteen other saints, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Nagas, Yaksas, Raksasas and demigods, who are divided into groups of two, assume different names every month and continuously perform different ritualistic ceremonies to worship the Supreme Lord as the most powerful demigod Suryadeva, who holds many names.