Text 2] The Sigsumara Planetary System 357
obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides
toward him. I have already described the glorious activities of
Maharaja Dhruva [in the Fourth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam].
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a fe airisniicinat aetetantattneraicn | TTT
Bet ATA rafiaaeray gato fea: waqaaTTale
sa hi sarvesam jyotir-gananam graha-naksatradindm animisenavyakta-
ramhasa bhagavata kdlena bhramyamdnanam sthanur ivavastambha
isvarena vihitah sasvad avabhasate.

sah—that planet of Dhruva Maharaja; hi—indeed; sarvesam—of all;
Jyotih-gananam—the luminaries; graha-naksatra-ddinam—such as the
planets and stars; animisena—who does not rest; avyakta—inconceiv-
able; rarnhasé—whose force; bhagavata—the most powerful; kdlena—
by the time factor; bhrémyamaénandm—being caused to revolve;
sthanuh iva—like a post; avastambhah—the pivot; isvarena—by the
will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vihitah—established;
Sasvat—constantly; avabhasate—shines.

TRANSLATION

Established by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the polestar, which is the planet of Maharaja Dhruva,
constantly shines as the central pivot for all the stars and planets.
The unsleeping, invisible, most powerful time factor causes these
luminaries to revolve around the polestar without cessation.

PURPORT

It is distinctly stated herein that all the luminaries, the planets and
stars, revolve by the influence of the supreme time factor. The time fac-
tor is another feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone
is under the influence of the time factor, but the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is so kind and loves His devotee Maharaja Dhruva so much that
He has placed all the luminaries under the control of Dhruva’s planet
