Text 9] The Sigumara Planetary System 369

TEXT 9

PRIME CC TCCACE

Ta aaa fay |
qT: UA TW Ae

THI THSATT TITUS Ul

graharksataramayam dadhidaivikam
papapaham mantra-krtam tri-kdélam

namasyatah smarato va tri-kdlam
nasyeta tat-kalajam dsu papam

graha-rksa-tara-mayam—consisting of all the planets and stars;
adhidaivikam—the leader of all the demigods; pdépa-apaham—the
killer of sinful reactions; mantra-krtam—of those who chant the mantra
mentioned above; tri-kalam—three times; namasyatah—offering obei-
sances; smaratah—meditating; vd—or;  tri-kalam—three times;
nasyeta—destroys; tat-kala-jam—born at that time; GSu—very quickly;
papam—all sinful reactions.

TRANSLATION

_ The body of the Supreme Lord, Visnu, which forms the
Sisumara-cakra, is the resting place of all the demigods and all the
stars and planets. One who chants this mantra to worship that
Supreme Person three times a day—morning, noon and evening —
will surely be freed from all sinful reactions. If one simply offers
his obeisances to this form or remembers this form three times a
day, all his recent sinful activities will be destroyed.

PURPORT

Summarizing the entire description of the planetary systems of the
universe, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that one who is able
to meditate upon this arrangement as the virdta-ripa, or visva-riipa, the
external body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and worship Him
three times a day by meditation will always be free from all sinful reac-
tions. Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura estimates that Dhruvaloka, the
