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The Śiśumāra Planetary System
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ग्रहर्षतारामयमाधिदैविकं पापापहं मन्त्रकृतां त्रिकालम् । नमस्यतः स्मरतो वा त्रिकालं नश्येत तत्कालजमाशु पापम् ॥ ९ ॥
graharkṣatārāmayam ādhidaivikam pāpāpaham mantra-kṛtām tri-kālam namasyataḥ smarato vā tri-kālam naśyeta tat-kālajam āśu pāpam
graha-ṛkṣa-tārā-mayam —consisting of all the planets and stars;  ādhidaivikam —the leader of all the demigods;  pāpa-apaham —the killer of sinful reactions;  mantra-kṛtām —of those who chant the  mantra  mentioned above;  tri-kālam —three times;  namasyataḥ —offering obeisances;  smarataḥ —meditating;  vā —or;  tri-kālam —three times;  naśyeta —destroys;  tat-kāla-jam —born at that time;  āśu —very quickly;  pāpam —all sinful reactions.
TRANSLATION
The body of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, which forms the Śiśumāra-cakra, is the resting place of all the demigods and all the stars and planets. One who chants this mantra to worship that Supreme Person three times a day—morning, noon and evening—will surely be freed from all sinful reactions. If one simply offers his obeisances to this form or remembers this form three times a day, all his recent sinful activities will be destroyed.
PURPORT
Summarizing the entire description of the planetary systems of the universe, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that one who is able to meditate upon this arrangement as the  virāṭa-rūpa , or  viśva-rūpa , the external body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and worship Him three times a day by meditation will always be free from all sinful reactions. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura estimates that Dhruvaloka, the