Text 3] The Movements of the Sun 321
etena hi divo mandala-manam tad-vida upadisanti yatha dvi-dalayor
nispavadinam te antarenantariksam tad-ubhaya-sandhitam. ;
etena—by this estimation; hi—indeed; divah—of the upper planetary
system; mandala-madnam—the measurement of the globe; tat-vidah—
the experts who know about it; upadisanti—instruct; yathd—just as;
dvi-dalayoh—in the two halves; nispdva-ddinam—of grain such as
wheat; te—of the two divisions; antarena—in the intervening space;
antariksam—the sky or outer space; tat—by the two; ubhaya—on both
sides; sandhitam—where the two parts join.
TRANSLATION
As a grain of wheat is divided into two parts and one can estimate
the size of the upper part by knowing that of the lower, so, expert
geographers instruct, one can understand the measurements of
the upper part of the universe by knowing those of the lower part.
The sky between the earthly sphere and heavenly sphere is called
antariksa, or outer space. It adjoins the top of the sphere of earth
and the bottom of that of heaven.
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yan-madhya-gato bhagavaris tapatdm patis tapana atapena tri-lokimn
pratapaty avabhdsayaty dtma-bhdasd sa esa udagayana-daksinayana-
vaisuvata-samjndbhir mandya-saighrya-samanabhir gatibhir
Grohanavarohana-samana-sthanesu yatha-savanam abhipadyamano
makarddisu rasisv aho-ratrani dirgha-hrasva-samanani vidhatte.
yat—of which (the intermediate space); madhya-gatah—being situ-
ated in the middle; bhagavaén—the most powerful; tapatam patih—the
master of those that heat the whole universe; tapanah—the sun:
atapena—by heat: tri-lokim—the three worlds: pratapati—heats:
