Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.11.49
वालखिल्या: सहस्राणि षष्टिर्ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमला: ।
पुरतोऽभिमुखं यान्ति स्तुवन्ति स्तुतिभिर्विभुम् ॥ ४९ ॥
vālakhilyāḥ sahasrāṇi
[vaalakhilyaah sahasraani]
ṣaṣṭir brahmarṣayo ’malāḥ
[shashtir brahmarshayo ’malaah]
purato ’bhimukhaṁ yānti
[purato ’bhimukham yaanti]
stuvanti stutibhir vibhum
[stuvanti stutibhir vibhum]
Word-for-word
vālakhilyāḥ
—
the Vālakhilyas
sahasrāṇi
—
thousands
ṣaṣṭiḥ
—
sixty
brahma-ṛṣayaḥ
—
great sages among the brāhmaṇas
amalāḥ
—
pure
purataḥ
—
in front
abhimukham
—
facing the chariot
yānti
—
they go
stuvanti
—
they offer praise
stutibhiḥ
—
with Vedic prayers
vibhum
—
to the almighty lord.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vālakhilyāḥ sahasrāṇi
vālakhilyāḥ
the Vālakhilyas
sahasrāṇi
thousands
ṣaṣṭir brahmarṣayo ’malāḥ
ṣaṣṭiḥ
sixty
brahma-ṛṣayaḥ
great sages among the brāhmaṇas
purato ’bhimukhaṁ yānti
amalāḥ
pure
purataḥ
in front
abhimukham
facing the chariot
yānti
they go
stuvanti stutibhir vibhum
stuvanti
they offer praise
stutibhiḥ
with Vedic prayers
vibhum
to the almighty lord.
Facing the chariot, the sixty thousand brāhmaṇa sages known as Vālakhilyas travel in front and offer prayers to the almighty sun-god with Vedic mantras.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Facing the chariot, the sixty thousand brāhmaṇa sages known as Vālakhilyas travel in front and offer prayers to the almighty sun-god with Vedic mantras.
Personal Guidance
Sixty thousand Valakhilya sages travel in front of the sun's chariot, offering Vedic mantras. Even the sun is honored by a forward-procession of small but countless devotees. Numbers and smallness combine into beauty.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I dismissed by myself as 'too small' to add to the procession?
- What if I added my small offering anyway?
My note
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