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The Śiśumāra Planetary System
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obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides toward him. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva [in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].
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स हि सर्वेषां ज्योतिर्गणानां ग्रहनक्षत्रादीनामनिर्गिणाव्यक्तरंसा भगवता कालेन भ्राम्यमाणानां स्थाणुरिवावष्टम्भ ईश्वरेण विहितः शश्वदवभासते।२
sa hi sarveṣāṁ jyotir-gaṇānāṁ graha-nakṣatrādīnām animiṣeṇāvyakta- raṁhasā bhagavatā kālena bhrāmyamāṇānāṁ sthāṇur ivāvaṣṭambha īśvareṇa vihitaḥ śaśvad avabhāsate.
saḥ—that planet of Dhruva Mahārāja; hi—indeed; sarveṣām—of all; jyotiḥ-gaṇānām—the luminaries; graha-nakṣatra-ādīnām—such as the planets and stars; animiṣeṇa—who does not rest; avyakta—inconceiv- able; raṁhasā—whose force; bhagavatā—the most powerful; kālena— by the time factor; bhrāmyamāṇānām—being caused to revolve; sthāṇuḥ iva—like a post; avaṣṭambhaḥ—the pivot; īśvareṇa—by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vihitaḥ—established; śaśvat—constantly; avabhāsate—shines.
TRANSLATION
Established by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the polestar, which is the planet of Mahārāja Dhruva, constantly shines as the central pivot for all the stars and planets. The unsleeping, invisible, most powerful time factor causes these luminaries to revolve around the polestar without cessation.
PURPORT
It is distinctly stated herein that all the luminaries, the planets and stars, revolve by the influence of the supreme time factor. The time factor is another feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone is under the influence of the time factor, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so kind and loves His devotee Mahārāja Dhruva so much that He has placed all the luminaries under the control of Dhruva's planet