SB 5.21.12

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

SB 5.21.11 - SB 5.21.13

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 12

evaṁ muhūrtena catus-triṁśal-lakṣa-yojanāny

aṣṭa-śatādhikāni sauro rathas trayīmayo 'sau

catasṛṣu parivartate purīṣu

SYNONYMS

evam—thus; muhūrtena—in a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes); catuḥ-triṁśat—thirty-four; lakṣa—hundred thousands; yojanāni—yojanas; aṣṭa-śatādhikāni—increased by eight hundred; sauraḥ rathaḥ—the chariot of the sun-god; trayī-mayaḥ—which is worshiped by the Gāyatrī mantra (oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur, etc.); asau—that; catasṛṣu—to the four; parivartate—he moves; purīṣu—through different residential quarters.

TRANSLATION

Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayīmaya, or worshiped by the words oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas [27,206,400 miles] in a muhūrta.

SB 5.21.11 - SB 5.21.13