348 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 22
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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.
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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.
