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SB 5.21.17

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 17

tathā vālikhilyā ṛṣayo 'ṅguṣṭha-parva-mātrāḥ ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi purataḥ sūryaṁ sūkta-vākāya niyuktāḥ saṁstuvanti.


SYNONYMS

tathā—there; vālikhilyāḥ—Vālikhilyas; ṛṣayaḥ—great sages; aṅguṣṭha-parva-mātrāḥ—whose size is that of a thumb; ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi—sixty thousand; purataḥ—in front; sūryam—the sun-god; su-ukta-vākāya—for speaking eloquently; niyuktāḥ—engaged; saṁstuvanti—offer prayers.


TRANSLATION

There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Vālikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god and who offer him eloquent prayers of glorification.

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