SB 5.22.6 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.22.6

అథ చ యావతార్ధేన నభోవీథ్యాం ప్రచరతి తం కాలమయనమాచక్షతే ॥ ౬ ॥

atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṁ pracarati taṁ kālam ayanam ācakṣate.

[atha cha yaavataardhena nabho-veethyaam pracharati tam kaalam ayanam aachakshate.]

Word-for-word

atha — now ca — also yāvatā — by as long as ardhena — half nabhaḥ-vīthyām — in outer space pracarati — the sun moves tam — that kālam — time ayanam — ayana ācakṣate — is said.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṁ pracarati taṁ kālam ayanam ācakṣate.

atha

now

also

yāvatā

by as long as

ardhena

half

nabhaḥ-vīthyām

in outer space

pracarati

the sun moves

tam

that

kālam

time

ayanam

ayana

ācakṣate

is said.

Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement [in the north or in the south].

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The time to move over half the zodiac belt is called an ayana. This is a period of six months.

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