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fortnights and in this way travels through all twelve, one after another. It almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences.
TEXT 15
ततउपरिष्टाद् द्विलक्षयोजनान्तरगता भगवान् बृहस्पतिरेकैकसिन् राशौ परिवत्सरं परिवत्सरं चरति यदि न वक्रः स्यात्प्रायेणानुकूलो ब्राह्मणकुलस्य ॥ १५ ॥
tata upariṣṭād dvi-lakṣa-yojanāntara-gatā bhagavān bṛhaspatir ekaikasmin rāśau parivatsaram parivatsaram carati yadi na vakraḥ syāt prāyeṇānukūlo brāhmaṇa-kulasya.
tataḥ—that (Mars); upariṣṭāt—above; dvi-lakṣa-yojana-antara- gatāḥ—situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; bhagavān—the most powerful planet; bṛhaspatiḥ—Jupiter; eka-ekasmin—in one after another; rāśau—sign; parivatsaram parivatsaram—for the period of Parivatsara; carati—moves; yadi—if; na—not; vakraḥ—curved; syāt—becomes; prāyeṇa—almost always; anukūlaḥ—very favorable; brāhmaṇa-kulasya—to the brāhmaṇas of the universe.
TRANSLATION
Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brāhmaṇas of the universe.
TEXT 16
तत उपरिष्टाग्रोजनलक्षद्वयात्प्रतीयमानः शनैश्चर एकैकसिन् राशौ त्रिंशन्मासान् विलम्बमानः सर्वानेवानुपर्येति तावद्भिरनुवत्सरैः प्रायेण हि सर्वेषामशान्तिकरः ॥ १६ ॥
tata upariṣṭād yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt pratīyamānaḥ śanaiścara ekaikasmin rāśau triṁśan māsān vilambamānaḥ sarvān evānuparyeti tāvadbhir anuvatsaraiḥ prāyeṇa hi sarveṣām aśāntikaraḥ.