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Calculation of Time, from the Atom
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TEXT 13
ग्रहर्क्षताराचक्रस्थः परमाण्वादिना जगत् ।  
 संवत्सरावसानेन पर्येत्यनिमिषो विभुः ॥१३॥
graha-rkṣa-tārā-cakra-sthaḥ  
 paramāṇvādinā jagat  
 saṁvatsarāvasānena  
 paryety animiṣo vibhuḥ
graha —influencing planets like the moon;  rkṣa —luminaries like Aśvinī;  tārā —stars;  cakra-sthaḥ —in the orbit;  parama-aṇu-ādinā —along with the atoms;  jagat —the entire universe;  saṁvatsara-avasānena —by the end of one year;  paryeti —completes its orbit;  animiṣaḥ —the eternal time;  vibhuḥ —the Almighty.
TRANSLATION
Influential stars, planets, luminaries and atoms all over the universe are rotating in their respective orbits under the direction of the Supreme, represented by eternal kāla.
PURPORT
In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  it is stated that the sun is the eye of the Supreme and it rotates in its particular orbit of time. Similarly, beginning from the sun down to the atom, all bodies are under the influence of the  kāla-cakra , or the orbit of eternal time, and each of them has a scheduled orbital time of one  saṁvatsara .
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संवत्सरः परिवत्सर इडावत्सर एव च ।  
 अनुवत्सरो वत्सरश्च विदुरैवं प्रभाष्यते ॥१४॥
saṁvatsaraḥ parivatsara  
 iḍāvatsara eva ca  
 anuvatsaro vatsaraś ca  
 viduraivaṁ prabhāṣyate
saṁvatsaraḥ —orbit of the sun;  parivatsaraḥ —circummambulation of Brhaspati;  iḍāvatsaraḥ —orbit of the stars;  eva —as they are;  ca —also;  anuvatsaraḥ —orbit of the moon;  vatsaraḥ —one calendar year;  ca —also;  vidura —O Vidura;  evam —thus;  prabhāṣyate —they are so told.