Text 16] The Orbits of the Planets 351
fortnights and in this way travels through all twelve, one after
another. It almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect
to rainfall and other influences.
TEXT 15
AN AUK
qasaiteg fretianawe WAR aatentuat
afarataitacat ala af a am: MMaaMaRa ATATGGA
Ween
tata uparistad dvi-laksa-yojanantara-gata bhagavan brhaspatir
ekaikasmin rasau parivatsaram parivatsaram carati yadi na vakrah syat
prayenanukilo brahmana-kulasya.
tatah—that (Mars); uparistat—above; dvi-laksa-yojana-antara-
gatah—situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; bhagavan—the most
powerful planet; brhaspatih—Jupiter; eka-ekasmin—in one after
another; ra@sau—sign; parivatsaram parivatsaram—for the period of
Parivatsara; carati—moves; yadi—if; na—not; vakrah—curved;
syat—becomes; prdyena—almost always; anukiilah—very favorable;
brahmana-kulasya—to the braéhmanas of the universe.
TRANSLATION
Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles
above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign
of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is
not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brahmanas
of the universe.
TEXT 16
fas Sy A A
a 9 Safteriaawagaenia: wat Thay
Ry Nn wn cr. a
Tet ama Rea: aaa Tals aTAT TAT
fe araraatieaat: 12
tata uparistad yojana-laksa-dvayat pratiyamdnah sanaiscara
ekaikasmin rdSau trirhsan masdan vilambamanah sarvan evdnuparyeti
tavadbhir anuvatsaraih prayena hi sarvesam asantikarah.
