330 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 21

yasyaikam cakram dvddasadram san-nemi tri-nabhi
samvatsardtmakam samadmananti tasyakso meror mirdhani krto
manasottare krtetara-bhago yatra protam ravi-ratha-cakram taila-
yantra-cakravad bhraman manosottara-girau paribhramati.

yasya—of which; ekam—one; cakram—wheel; dvaddasa—twelve;
aram—spokes; sat—six; nemi—the segments of the rim; tri-nabhi—the
three pieces of the hub; sarvatsara-dtmakam—whose nature is a sar-
vatsara; sama@mananti—they fully describe; tasya—the chariot of the
sun-god; aksah—the axle; meroh—of Sumeru Mountain; mirdhani—
on the top; krtah—fixed; mdnasottare—on the mountain known as
Manasottara; krta—fixed; itara-bhagah—the other end; yatra—where;
protam—fixed on; ravi-ratha-cakram—the wheel of the chariot of the
sun-god; taila-yantra-cakra-vat—like the wheel of an oil-pressing
machine; bhramat—moving; mdnasottara-girau—on Manasottara
Mountain; paribhramati—turns.

TRANSLATION

The chariot of the sun-god has only one wheel, which is known
as Sarivatsara. The twelve months are calculated to be its twelve
spokes, the six seasons are the sections of its rim, and the three
catur-masya periods are its three-sectioned hub. One side of the
axle carrying the wheel rests upon the summit of Mount Sumeru,
and the other rests upon Manasottara Mountain. Affixed to the
outer end of the axle, the wheel continuously rotates on Manasot-
tara Mountain like the wheel of an oil-pressing machine.

TEXT 14

afarad Haya Ralaisacqamaa afaaaeraweag qa
SUA: | LV U

tasminn akse krtamilo dvitiyo ’ksas turyamanena sammitas taila-
yantraksavad dhruve krtopari-bhagah.

tasmin akse—in that axle; krta-milah—whose base is fixed;
dvittyah—a second; aksah—axle; turyamanena—by one fourth; sam-
