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lakṣottaraṁ sārdha-nava-koṭi-yojana-parimaṇḍalaṁ bhū-valayasya kṣaṇena sagavyūty-uttaraṁ dvi-sahasra-yojanāni sa bhuṅkte.
Synonyms
laksa-uttaram—increased by 100,000; sārdha—with 5,000,000; nava-koti-yojana—of 90,000,000 yojanas; parimaṇḍalam—circumference; bhū-valayasya—of the earthly sphere; kṣaṇena—in one moment; sagavyūti-uttaram—augmented by two krośas (four miles); dvi-sahasra-yojanāni—2,000 yojanas; saḥ—the sun-god; bhuṅkte—traverses. ¶
Translation
My dear King, in his orbit through Bhū-maṇḍala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles] at the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krośas [16,004 miles] in a moment. ¶
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled, “The Movements of the Sun.” ¶