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The Movements of the Sun
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TEXT 7
एवं नव कोटय एकपञ्चाशल्लक्षणि योजनानां मानसोत्तर- गिरिपरिवर्तनस्योपदिशन्ति तस्मिन्नैन्द्रीं पुरीं पूर्वस्मान्मेरोर्देवधानीं नाम दक्षिणतो याम्यां संयमनीं नाम पश्चाद्वारुणीं निम्लोचनीं नाम उत्तरतः सौम्यां विभावरीं नाम ताम्रदयमध्याह्नास्तमयनिशीथानीति भूतानां प्रवृत्तिनि वृत्तिनिमित्तानि समयविशेषेण मेरोश्वतुर्दिशम् ॥ ७ ॥
evam nava koṭaya eka-pañcāśal-lakṣāṇi yojanānām mānasottara- giri-parivartanasyopadiśanti tasminn aindrīm purīm pūrvasmān meror devadhānīm nāma dakṣiṇato yāmyām saṁyamanīm nāma paścād vāruṇīm nimlocanīm nāma uttarataḥ saumyām vibhāvarīm nāma tāsūdaya-madhyāhnāstamaya-niśīthānīti bhūtānām pravṛtti-nivṛtti- nimittāni samaya-viśeṣṇa meroś catur-diśam.
evam—thus; nava—nine; koṭayaḥ—ten millions; eka-pañcāśat— fifty-one; lakṣāṇi—hundred thousands; yojanānām—of the yojanas; mānasottara-giri—of the mountain known as Mānasottara; parivar- tanasya—of the circumambulation; upadiśanti—they (learned scholars) teach; tasmin—on that (Mānasottara Mountain); aindrīm—of King In- dra; purīm—the city; pūrvasmāt—on the eastern side; meroḥ—of Sumeru Mountain; devadhānīm—Devadhānī; nāma—of the name; dakṣiṇataḥ—on the southern side; yāmyām—of Yamarāja; saṁya- manīm—Saṁyamanī; nāma—named; paścāt—on the western side; vāruṇīm—of Varuṇa; nimlocanīm—Nimlocanī; nāma—named; ut- tarataḥ—on the northern side; saumyām—of the moon; vibhāvarīm— Vibhāvarī; nāma—named; tāsu—in all of them; udaya—rising; madhyāhna—midday; astamaya—sunset; niśīthāni—midnight; iti— thus; bhūtānām—of the living entities; pravṛtti—of activity; nivṛtti— and cessation of activity; nimittāni—the causes; samaya-viśeṣṇa—by the particular times; meroḥ—of Sumeru Mountain; catuḥ-diśam—the four sides.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Mānasottara