328 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 21

PURPORT

The distance indicated by the word sddhikani is pajica-virnsati-
sahasradhikani, or 25,000 yojanas. That plus two and a half crores and
twelve and a half laksa of yojanas is the distance the sun travels between
each two cities. This comes to 23,775,000 yojanas, or 190,200,000 miles.
The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yo-
janas (760,800,000 miles).

TEXT 11

ai adt aed aieqaest 3 gaeMea a me Alea
waa: ae safeat aaegatia ag at Reena 122i

evar tato vdrunim saumyam aindrim ca punas tathanye ca grahah
somadayo naksatrath saha jyotis-cakre samabhyudyanti saha vd nimlo-
canti.

evam—in this way; tatah—from there; varunim—to the quarters
where Varuna lives; sawmyadm—to the quarters where the moon lives;
aindrim ca—and to the quarters where Indra lives; punah—again;
tatha—so also; anye—the others; ca—also; grahah—planets; soma-
adayah—headed by the moon; naksatraih—all the stars; saha—with;
Jyotih-cakre—in the celestial sphere; samabhyudyanti—rise; saha—
along with; va—or; nimlocanti—set.

TRANSLATION

From the residence of Yamaraja the sun travels to Nimlocani, the
residence of Varuna, from there to Vibhavari, the residence of the
moon-god, and from there again to the residence of Indra. In a
similar way, the moon, along with the other stars and planets,
becomes visible in the celestial sphere and then sets and again
becomes invisible.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gité (10.21) Krsna says, naksatranam aham Sasi: “Of
stars I am the moon.” This indicates that the moon is similar to the other
