योजनानां सार्धद्वादशलक्षाणि साधिकानि चोपयाति ॥१०॥
yadÄ caindryÄḥ puryÄḥ pracalate pañcadaÅ›a-ghaá¹ikÄbhir yÄmyÄá¹ sapÄda-koá¹i-dvayaá¹ yojanÄnÄá¹ sÄrdha-dvÄdaÅ›a-laká¹£Äṇi sÄdhikÄni copayÄti
yadÄ - when; ca - and; aindryÄḥ - of Indra; puryÄḥ - from the residence; pracalate - it moves; pañcadaÅ›a - by fifteen; ghaá¹ikÄbhiḥ - half hours (actually twenty-four minutes); yÄmyÄm - to the residence of YamarÄja; sapÄda-koá¹i-dvayam - two and a quarter crores (22,500,000); yojanÄnÄm - of yojanas; sÄrdha - and one half; dvÄdaÅ›a-laká¹£Äṇi - twelve hundred thousand; sÄdhikÄni - twenty-five thousand more; ca - and; upayÄti - he passes over.
When the sun travels from DevadhÄnÄ«, the residence of Indra, to Saá¹yamanÄ«, the residence of YamarÄja, it travels 23,775,000 yojanas [190,200,000 miles] in fifteen ghaá¹ikÄs [six hours].
The distance indicated by the word sÄdhikÄni is pañca-viá¹Å›ati-sahasrÄdhikÄni, or 25,000 yojanas. That plus two and a half crores and twelve and a half laká¹£a of yojanas is the distance the sun travels between each two cities. This comes to 23,775,000 yojanas, or 190,200,000 miles. The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles).
