Text 15] The Movements of the Sun 331

mitah—measured; taila-yantra-aksa-vat—like the axle of an oil-
pressing machine; dhruve—to Dhruvaloka; krta—fixed; upari-

bhagah—upper portion.

TRANSLATION

As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a sec-
ond axle, which is one-fourth as long [3,937,500 yojanas, or
31,500,000 miles]. The upper end of this second axle is attached
to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind.

TEXT 15

TIM RATSIUNAATTATIT TATA M SATAY TATATT
TT RSA: aaa Teer SrA Lu

ratha-nidas tu sat-trirnsal-laksa-yojandyatas tat-turiya-bhdga-visdlas
tavan ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayas chando-naémanah saptaruna-yojita
vahanti devam ddityam.

ratha-nidah—the interior of the chariot; tu—but; sat-trimsat-laksa-
yojana-dyatah—3,600,000  yojanas long; — tat-turiya-bhéga—one
quarter of that measure (900,000 yojanas) ; visalah—having a width;
tavan—so much also; ravi-ratha-yugah—the yoke for the horses:
yatra—where; hayah—horses; chandah-nadmanah—having _ the
different names of Vedic meters; sapta—seven; aruna-yojitah—hooked
up by Arunadeva; vahanti—carry; devam—the demigod; ddityam—the
sun-god.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god’s chariot is estimated
to be 3,600,000 yojanas [28,800,000 miles] long and one-fourth
as wide [900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles]. The chariot’s
horses, which are named after Gayatri and other Vedic meters, are
harnessed by Arunadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas
wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.
