According to Mr.Wilkins (notes to the Bhagavat-Gita, p.

144), they are no more than emblems of the sun for each month in the year.

Mr.Wilkins gives their names: The Vasavas, or Vasus, are eight.

Indra is the first.

They are the guardians of the world, and apparently the same with the eight gods mentioned in the early part of the poem.
The Rudras are eleven; according to some the eleven personifications of Siva, who bears the name of Rudra.