Text 15]
The Movements of the Sun
331
mitah —measured;  taila-yantra-akṣa-vat —like the axle of an oil-pressing machine;  dhruve —to Dhruvaloka;  kṛta —fixed;  upari-bhāgah —upper portion.
TRANSLATION
As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long [3,937,500 yojanas, or 31,500,000 miles]. The upper end of this second axle is attached to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind.
TEXT 15
रथनीडस्तु षट्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायतस्तत्तुरीयभागविशालस्तावान् रविरथयुगो यत्र हयाश्छन्दोनामानः सप्तारुणयोजिता वहन्ति देवमादित्यम् ॥१५॥
ratha-nīḍas tu ṣaṭ-triṁśal-lakṣa-yojanāyatas tat-turīya-bhāga-viśālas tāvān ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayāś chando-nāmānaḥ saptāruṇa-yojitā vahanti devam ādityam.
ratha-nīḍah —the interior of the chariot;  tu —but;  ṣaṭ-triṁśat-lakṣa-yojana-āyataḥ —3,600,000 yojanas long;  tat-turīya-bhāga —one quarter of that measure (900,000 yojanas);  viśālah —having a width;  tāvān —so much also;  ravi-ratha-yugah —the yoke for the horses;  yatra —where;  hayāḥ —horses;  chandaḥ-nāmānaḥ —having the different names of Vedic meters;  sapta —seven;  aruṇa-yojitāḥ —hooked up by Aruṇadeva;  vahanti —carry;  devam —the demigod;  ādityam —the sun-god.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god's chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas [28,800,000 miles] long and one-fourth as wide [900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles]. The chariot's horses, which are named after Gāyatrī and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Aruṇadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.