अध्याय ३३
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे द्वितीये ऽंशे दशमो ऽध्यायः ]] यद् एतद् भगवान् आह गणः सप्तविधो रवेः मण्डले हिमतापादेः कारणं तन् मया श्रुतम्
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] yad etad bhagavān āha gaṇaḥ saptavidho raveḥ maṇḍale himatāpādeḥ kāraṇaṃ tan mayā śrutam
हिन्दी अर्थ
भेदसे षड्ज आदि भेद होते हैं उसी प्रकार शरीरादि उपाधियोंके कारण एक ही परमात्माके देवता-मनुष्यादि अनेक भेद प्रतीत होते हैं
English
LAITREYA said : — I have heard as described by you, O holy preceptor, the seven groups of beings who are present in the sun's orb and are the agents in the distribution of heat and cold. Youhavealso dcscribed the individual functions of the Gandharbas, serpents, Rakshasas, sages, Bálakhilyas Apswaras and Yakshas who, supported by the energy of Vishnu, remain as guardians in the sun's car but you have not des- cribed the function of the sun himself. If the seven beings stationed in the sun's ear are the agents in the distribution of heat, cold and rain, how can it also be true, as mentioned hy you before, that rain proceeds from the sun ? If the act of the collective seven be same then why the people say that the sun rises, reaches the meridian or sets ?