358 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 23

and has arranged for the time factor to work under him or with his
cooperation. Everything is actually done according to the will and direc-
tion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but to make His devotee
Dhruva the most important individual within the universe, the Lord has
placed the activities of the time factor under his control.

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Aaa WATISHT WAR A aed Ttemata
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yatha medhistambha dkramana-pasavah samyojitas tribhis tribhih
savanair yathd-sthanam mandalani caranty evam bhaganda grahadaya
etasminn antar-bahir-yogena kdla-cakra ayojita dhruvam evavalambya
vayunodiryamana Gkalpantam parican kramanti nabhasi yatha meghah
Syenddayo vayu-vasah karma-sdrathayah parivartante evam
Jyotirganah prakrti-purusa-samyoganugrhitah karma-nirmita-gatayo
bhuvi na patanti.

yathad—exactly like; medhistambhe—to the pivot post; akramana-
pasavah—bulls for threshing rice; saryojitih—being yoked; tribhih
tribhih—by three; savanaih—movements; yathd-sthanam—in their
proper places; mandalani—orbits; caranti—traverse; evam—in the
same way; bha-gandh—the luminaries, like the sun, the moon, Venus,
Mercury, Mars and Jupiter; graha-ddayah—the different planets;
etasmin—in this; antah-bahih-yogena—by connection with the inner or
outer circles; kdla-cakre—in the wheel of eternal time; dyojitah—fixed;
dhruvam—Dhruvaloka; eva—certainly; avalambya—taking support
of; vayund—by the wind; udiryamanah—being propelled; d-kalpa-an-
tam—until the end of the creation; parican kramanti—revolve all
around; nabhasi—in the sky; yatha—exactly like; meghah—heavy
