348 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 22

TEXT 11

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tata uparistad dvi-laksa-yojanato naksatrdni merum daksinenaiva
kalayana isvara-yojitani sahabhijitdsta-virnsatih.

tatah—from that region of the moon; uparistat—above; dvi-laksa-yo-
Janatah—200,000 yojanas; naksatraéni—many stars; merum—Sumeru
Mountain; daksinena eva—to the right side; kdla-ayane—in the wheel
of time; iSvara-yojitani—attached by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; saha—with; abhijita—the star known as Abhijit; astd-virn-
Satih—twenty-eight.
TRANSLATION

There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas [1,600,000 miles]
above the moon. By the supreme will of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, they are fixed to the wheel of time, and thus they
rotate with Mount Sumeru on their right, their motion being

different from that of the sun. There are twenty-eight important
stars, headed by Abhijit.

PURPORT

The stars referred to herein are 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and
thus they are 4,000,000 miles above the earth.

TEXT 12

TI TRA Fawiaad Tega: wRReT We
deameaareneiaaa =| lat | feaeTaRe oT
Man aaah a eee: | 22 UI

tata uparistad usanda dvi-laksa-yojanata upalabhyate puratah pascat
sahaiva varkasya Saighrya-mandya-samyabhir gatibhir arkavac carati
lokanam nityadanukila eva prayena varsayams cdrenadnumiyate sa
ursti-vistambha-grahopasamanah.
