Text 2] The Orbits of the Planets 339

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord,
you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful
sun-god travels around Dhruvaloka with both Dhruvaloka and
Mount Sumeru on his right. Yet at the same time the sun-god faces
the signs of the zodiac and keeps Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on his
left. How can we reasonably accept that the sun-god proceeds
with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on both his left and right
simultaneously ?

TEXT 2
a elara

TA FATT AA ae yaa Tarwam fiaifenetai
Tata RATATAT TITUPA ETAT
Reva ye ASA sala afiaanae fon
Tra oaaictat «Rane oafeda aaaedt amet
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sa hovaca
yatha kulala-cakrena bhramata saha bhramatam tad-asrayanam
pipilikadinam gatir anyaiva pradesantaresv apy upalabhyamaénatvad
evam naksatra-rasibhir upalaksitena kdla-cakrena dhruvam merum ca
pradaksinena paridhavata saha paridhavamananam tad-dsrayanam
sirydadinam grahanam gatir anyaiva naksatrantare rasy-antare
copalabhyaménatvat.

sah—Sukadeva Gosvami; ha—very clearly; uwvdca—answered;
yatha —just as; kulala-cakrena—a potter’s wheel; bhramata—turning
around; saha—with; bhramatam—of those turning around; tat-
asraydnam—being located on that (wheel); pipilika-adinadm—of small
ants; gatih—the motion; anya—other; eva—certainly; pradesa-an-
taresu—in different locations; api—also; upalabhyamdnatvat—due to
being experienced; evam—similarly; naksatra-rasibhih—by the stars
and signs; upalaksitena—being seen; kdla-cakrena—with the great
