SB 5.22.16 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.22.16

तत उपरिष्टाद्योजनलक्षद्वयात्प्रतीयमान: शनैश्चर एकैकस्मिन् राशौ त्रिंशन्मासान् विलम्बमान: सर्वानेवानुपर्येति तावद्भ‍िरनुवत्सरै: प्रायेण हि सर्वेषामशान्तिकर: ॥ १६ ॥

tata upariṣṭād yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt pratīyamānaḥ śanaiścara ekaikasmin rāśau triṁśan māsān vilambamānaḥ sarvān evānuparyeti tāvadbhir anuvatsaraiḥ prāyeṇa hi sarveṣām aśāntikaraḥ.

[tata uparishtaad yojana-laksha-dvayaat prateeyamaanah shanaishchara ekaikasmin raashau trimshan maasaan vilambamaanah sarvaan evaanuparyeti taavadbhir anuvatsaraih praayena hi sarveshaam ashaantikarah.]

Word-for-word

tataḥ — that (Jupiter) upariṣṭāt — above yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt — by a distance of 1,600,000 miles pratīyamānaḥ — is situated śanaiścaraḥ — the planet Saturn eka-ekasmin — in one after another rāśau — zodiac signs triṁśat māsān — for a period of thirty months in each vilam-bamānaḥ — lingering sarvān — all twelve signs of the zodiac eva — certainly anuparyeti — passes through tāvadbhiḥ — by so many anuvatsaraiḥ — Anuvatsaras prāyeṇa — almost always hi — indeed sarveṣām — to all the inhabitants aśāntikaraḥ — very troublesome.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tataḥ

that (Jupiter)

upariṣṭāt

above

yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt

by a distance of 1,600,000 miles

pratīyamānaḥ

is situated

śanaiścaraḥ

the planet Saturn

eka-ekasmin

in one after another

rāśau

zodiac signs

triṁśat māsān

for a period of thirty months in each

vilam-bamānaḥ

lingering

sarvān

all twelve signs of the zodiac

eva

certainly

anuparyeti

passes through

tāvadbhiḥ

by so many

anuvatsaraiḥ

Anuvatsaras

prāyeṇa

almost always

indeed

sarveṣām

to all the inhabitants

aśāntikaraḥ

very troublesome.

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Above Jupiter by 200,000 yojanas is Saturn, which travels slowly through one zodiac sign in thirty months. In this way it travels through all twelve signs in thirty anuvatsaras. [Note: Anuvatsara sometimes means the lunar year, but here probably means simply a solar year.] It is generally inauspicious for all people. From the earth Saturn is 1,500,000 yojanas.

Personal Guidance

Saturn passes slowly and is always inauspicious for the universal situation. Some forces are unrelentingly hard. Don't moralize them away; recognize that some difficulty is structural to the universe and respond rather than complain.

Reflection Questions

Where am I complaining about a structural difficulty rather than responding to it wisely?
What practical response would I make if I accepted some hardship as 'Saturn' rather than personal failure?

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