SB 5.21.14

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fifth Canto, Chapter 21: The Movements of the Sun

SB 5.21.13

SB 5.21.15

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 14

tasminn akṣe kṛtamūlo dvitīyo 'kṣas turyamānena sammitas taila-yantrākṣavad dhruve kṛtopari-bhāgaḥ.

SYNONYMS

tasmin akṣe—in that axle; kṛta-mūlaḥ—whose base is fixed; dvitīyaḥ—a second; akṣaḥ—axle; turyamānena—by one fourth; sammitaḥ—measured; taila-yantra-akṣa-vat—like the axle of an oil-pressing machine; dhruve—to Dhruvaloka; kṛta—fixed; upari-bhāgaḥ—upper portion.

TRANSLATION

As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long [3,937,500 yojanas, or 31,500,000 miles]. The upper end of this second axle is attached to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind.