Text 7] The Movements of the Sun 325
TEXT 7

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CME CMO MELCLS CMC CIC MIG Colic
faftcRadaeineata oo afeaett gt | gaeneaatani
wa chanat meat dana aa Taste raat ate Taz:
altat faaati am aracanereraaiaataris qari safata
afafifanfa aaahain aterafeaq ito UI

evam nava kotaya eka-pancasal-laksdni yojandnam manasottara-
giri-parivartanasyopadisanti tasminn aindrim purim pirvasman meror
devadhdanim nama daksinato yamyam sarnyamanirm nama pascad
varunim nimlocanim nama uttaratah saumyam vibhavarim nama
tasidaya-madhyahnastamaya-nisithaniti bhiitandm pravrtti-nivrtti-
nimittdni samaya-visesena meros catur-disam.

evam—thus; nava—nine; kotayah—ten millions; eka-pafcasat—
fifty-one; lakséni—hundred thousands; yojandndm—of the yojanas;
manasottara-giri—of the mountain known as Manasottara; parivar-
tanasya—of the circumambulation; upadisanti—they (learned scholars)
teach; tasmin—on that (Manasottara Mountain); aindrim—of King In-
dra; purim—the city; puérvasmat—on the eastern side; meroh—of
Sumeru Mountain; devadhadnim—Devadhani; néma—of the name;
daksinatah—on the southern side; yamyaém—of Yamaraja; samya-
manim—Sathyamani; nédma—named; pascdt—on the western side:
vadrunim—of Varuna; nimlocanin—Nimlocani; néma—named; ut-
taratah—on the northern side; sauryam—of the moon: vibhdvarim—
Vibhavari; néma—named; tdsu—in all of them; udaya—rising;
madhyaéhna—midday; astamaya—sunset; nisithani—midnight; iti—
thus; bhitanadm—of the living entities; pravrtti—of activity: nivrtti—
and cessation of activity; nimittani—the causes; samaya-visesena —by
the particular times; meroh—of Sumeru Mountain; catuh-disam—the
four sides.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued; My dear King, as stated before,

the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Manasottara
