Text 13] The Movements of the Sun 329

stars. The Vedic literature informs us that within this universe there is
one sun, which is moving. The Western theory that all the luminaries in
the sky are different suns is not confirmed in the Vedic literature. Nor
can we assume that these luminaries are the suns of other universes, for
each universe is covered by various layers of material elements, and
therefore although the universes are clustered together, we cannot see
from one universe to another. In other words, whatever we see is within
this one universe. In each universe there is one Lord Brahma, and there
are other demigods on other planets, but there is only one sun.

TEXT 12

ad aeda VdfaaaaeaETaAA aT SNAaSA WITT
qhaad FE 22M

evarh muhirtena catus-trirmsal-laksa-yojanany asta-satadhikani sauro
rathas trayimayo ‘sau catasrsu parivartate purisu.

evam—thus; muhirtena—in a muharta (forty-eight minutes):
catuh-trimsat—thirty-four; laksa—hundred thousands: yojandni—
yojanas; asta-Sata-dhikdni—increased by eight hundred; saurah
rathah—the chariot of the sun-god; trayi-mayah—which is worshiped
by the Gayatri mantra (orn bhir bhuvah svah tat savitur, etc.): asau—
that; catasrsu—to the four; parivartate—he moves; purisu—through
different residential quarters.

TRANSLATION

Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayimaya, or
worshiped by the words om bhar bhuvah svah, travels through the
four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas

[27,206,400 miles] in a muharta.

TEXT 13

TAR aH SITE quay farorfay AACAT TAH
aaah ae auf at aadat saan aa
Td wwam IeraaMaIg AaeATaarachry aera? 3
