Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.22.1
రాజోవాచ
యదేతద్భగవత ఆదిత్యస్య మేరుం ధ్రువం చ ప్రదక్షిణేన పరిక్రామతో రాశీనామభిముఖం ప్రచలితం చాప్రదక్షిణం భగవతోపవర్ణితమముష్య వయం కథమనుమిమీమహీతి ॥ ౧ ॥
rājovāca
[raajovaacha]
yad etad bhagavata ādityasya meruṁ dhruvaṁ ca pradakṣiṇena parikrāmato rāśīnām abhimukhaṁ pracalitaṁ cāpradakṣiṇaṁ bhagavatopavarṇitam amuṣya vayaṁ katham anumimīmahīti.
[yad etad bhagavata aadityasya merum dhruvam cha pradakshinena parikraamato raasheenaam abhimukham prachalitam chaapradakshinam bhagavatopavarnitam amushya vayam katham anumimeemaheeti.]
Word-for-word
rājā uvāca
—
the King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit) inquired
yat
—
which
etat
—
this
bhagavataḥ
—
of the most powerful
ādityasya
—
of the sun (Sūrya Nārāyaṇa)
merum
—
the mountain known as Sumeru
dhruvam ca
—
as well as the planet known as Dhruvaloka
pradakṣiṇena
—
by placing on the right
parikrāmataḥ
—
which is going around
rāśīnām
—
the different signs of the zodiac
abhimukham
—
facing toward
pracalitam
—
moving
ca
—
and
apradakṣiṇam
—
placing on the left
bhagavatā
—
by Your Lordship
upavarṇitam
—
described
amuṣya
—
of that
vayam
—
we (the hearer)
katham
—
how
anumimīmahi
—
can accept it by argument and inference
iti
—
thus.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rājovāca
rājā uvāca
the King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit) inquired
yad etad bhagavata ādityasya meruṁ dhruvaṁ ca pradakṣiṇena parikrāmato rāśīnām abhimukhaṁ pracalitaṁ cāpradakṣiṇaṁ bhagavatopavarṇitam amuṣya vayaṁ katham anumimīmahīti.
yat
which
etat
this
bhagavataḥ
of the most powerful
ādityasya
of the sun (Sūrya Nārāyaṇa)
merum
the mountain known as Sumeru
dhruvam ca
as well as the planet known as Dhruvaloka
pradakṣiṇena
by placing on the right
parikrāmataḥ
which is going around
rāśīnām
the different signs of the zodiac
abhimukham
facing toward
pracalitam
moving
ca
and
apradakṣiṇam
placing on the left
bhagavatā
by Your Lordship
upavarṇitam
described
amuṣya
of that
vayam
we (the hearer)
katham
how
anumimīmahi
can accept it by argument and inference
iti
thus.
King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear lord, you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful sun-god travels around Dhruvaloka with both Dhruvaloka and Mount Sumeru on his right. Yet at the same time the sun-god faces the signs of the zodiac and keeps Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on his left. How can we reasonably accept that the sun-god proceeds with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on both his left and right simultaneously?
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
King Parīkṣit said: My dear lord, you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful sun-god travels around Dhruvaloka with both Dhruvaloka and Mount Sumeru on his right. Yet at the same time the sun-god faces the signs of the zodiac and keeps Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on his left. How can we accept that the sun-god proceeds with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on both his left and right simultaneously?
The Twenty-second Chapter describes the various speed of the sun in the zodiac, the placement of various planets and their auspicious and inauspicious effects.
In the previous chapter (SB 5.21.8) it was mentioned that the Sun travels with its left side Meru facing the zodiac and also travels with its right side to Meru. Parīkṣit asks for clarification. Daily the sun appears to be moving in a clockwise direction. However you have said that, facing the constellations, the sun goes counterclockwise. How can this b e conceived, since it is contradictory?
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