Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.13
ग्रहर्क्षताराचक्रस्थ: परमाण्वादिना जगत् ।
संवत्सरावसानेन पर्येत्यनिमिषो विभु: ॥ १३ ॥
graharkṣa-tārā-cakra-sthaḥ
[graharksha-taaraa-chakra-sthah]
paramāṇv-ādinā jagat
[paramaanv-aadinaa jagat]
saṁvatsarāvasānena
[samvatsaraavasaanena]
paryety animiṣo vibhuḥ
[paryety animisho vibhuh]
Word-for-word
graha
—
influential planets like the moon
ṛkṣa
—
luminaries like Aśvinī
tārā
—
stars
cakra-sthaḥ
—
in the orbit
parama-aṇu-ādinā
—
along with the atoms
jagat
—
the entire universe
saṁvatsara-avasānena
—
by the end of one year
paryeti
—
completes its orbit
animiṣaḥ
—
the eternal time
vibhuḥ
—
the Almighty.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
graharkṣa-tārā-cakra-sthaḥ
graha
influential planets like the moon
ṛkṣa
luminaries like Aśvinī
tārā
stars
cakra-sthaḥ
in the orbit
paramāṇv-ādinā jagat
parama-aṇu-ādinā
along with the atoms
jagat
the entire universe
saṁvatsarāvasānena
saṁvatsara-avasānena
by the end of one year
paryety animiṣo vibhuḥ
paryeti
completes its orbit
animiṣaḥ
the eternal time
vibhuḥ
the Almighty.
Influential stars, planets, luminaries and atoms all over the universe are rotating in their respective orbits under the direction of the Supreme, represented by eternal kāla.
Purport
In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated that the sun is the eye of the Supreme and it rotates in its particular orbit of time. Similarly, beginning from the sun down to the atom, all bodies are under the influence of the kāla-cakra, or the orbit of eternal time, and each of them has a scheduled orbital time of one saṁvatsara.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The sun, a portion of the Supreme Lord in the form of time, situated in the zodiac belt among the planets, twenty-seven constellations and other constellations, travels in a circle through the universe with measurements of time from the paramāṇu to the full year.
This verse explains that the sun decreases the life span by rising and setting. The sun is situated in the circle of the planets such as the moon, the constellations such as Aśvini, and the stars, meaning the other constellations not included in the twenty-seven constellations. The sun, a portion of the Lord (vibhuḥ), the form of time (animiṣaḥ), travels around the universe.
Personal Guidance
Time is the Lord's instrument, quietly grinding every arrangement we trust. The verse asks us to befriend this fact now, before it forces itself on us at the wrong moment. The verse keeps returning to eternal time.
Reflection Questions
- Where are you behaving as though you, or someone you love, will not die?
- Where could a small daily remembrance of death make today more honest?
My note
Source: vedabase.io