340 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 22
wheel of time; dhruvam—the star known as Dhruvaloka; merum—the
mountain known as Sumeru; ca—and; pradaksinena—on the right;
paridhavata —going around; saha—with; paridhavamandnam —of
those going around; tat-asrayanam—whose shelter is that wheel of
time; stirya-ddindm—headed by the sun; grahanam—of the planets;
gatth—the motion; anydé—other; eva—certainly; naksatra-antare—in
different stars; rdsi-antare—in different signs; ca—and;
upalabhyamdnatvat—due to being observed.
TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami clearly answered: When a potter’s wheel
is moving and small ants located on that big wheel are moving with
it, one can see that their motion is different from that of the wheel
because they appear sometimes on one part of the wheel and some-
times on another. Similarly, the signs and constellations, with
Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on their right, move with the wheel of
time, and the antlike sun and other planets move with them. The
sun and planets, however, are seen in different signs and constella-
tions at different times. This indicates that their motion is
different from that of the zodiac and the wheel of time itself.

TEXT 3

TTT AMAA TOT TF AIAN HATA ART MAT TAT

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waRafatid aRin 3 aa fret aan
Fast reg wenleaay vaaaMT TAT 2 UI
sa esa bhagavan adi-purusa eva saksan ndrayano lokanam svastaya
atmdnam trayimayam karma-visuddhi-nimittam kavibhir api ca vedena
vijyjndsyamano dvadasadhé vibhajya satsu vasantadisv rtusu yathopa-
Josam rtu-gundn vidadhati.

sah—that; esah—this; bhagavan—the supremely powerful; Gdi-
purusah—the original person; eva—certainly; sa@ksat—directly;
nadrdyanah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana;
lokanadm—of all the planets; svastaye—for the benefit; atmanam—
