Text 19] The Movements of the Sun 335
chariot, and the saints called the Valikhilyas surround the sun-god and
offer prayers. The seven groups of fourteen associates arrange the proper
times for regular snow, heat and rain throughout the universe.
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laksottarar sardha-nava-koti-yojana-parimandalam bhi-valayasya
ksanena sagavyiity-uttaram dvi-sahasra-yojanani sa bhurnkte.

laksa-uttaram—increased by 100,000; sardha—with 5,000,000;
nava-koti-yojana—of 90,000,000 yojanas; parimandalam—circum-
ference; bhi-valayasya—of the earthly sphere; ksanena—in one
moment; sagavyiiti-uttaram—augmented by two krosas (four miles);
dvi-sahasra-yojanani—2,000 yojanas; sah—the sun-god: bhunkte—
traverses.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, in his orbit through Bhamandala, the sun-god
traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles] at
the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krogas [16,004 miles] in a
moment.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-first
Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, “‘The Movements of the
Sun.”
