Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 21: The Movements of the Sun. Text 7

एवं नव कोटय एकपञ्चाशल्लक्षाणि योजनानां मानसोत्तर
गिरिपरिवर्तनस्योपदिशन्ति तस्मिन्नैन्द्रीं पुरीं पूर्वस्मान्मेरोर्देवधानीं
नाम दक्षिणतो याम्यां संयमनीं नाम पश्चाद्वारुणीं निम्लोचनीं नाम उत्तरतः
सौम्यां विभावरीं नाम तासूदयमध्याह्नास्तमयनिशीथानीति भूतानां प्रवृत्तिनि
वृत्तिनिमित्तानि समयविशेषेण मेरोश्चतुर्दिशम् ॥७॥

evaá¹ nava koá¹­aya eka-pañcÄÅ›al-laká¹£Äṇi yojanÄnÄá¹ mÄnasottara-giri-parivartanasyopadiÅ›anti tasminn aindrÄ«á¹ purÄ«á¹ pÅ«rvasmÄn meror devadhÄnÄ«á¹ nÄma daká¹£iṇato yÄmyÄá¹ saá¹yamanÄ«á¹ nÄma paÅ›cÄd vÄruṇīṠnimlocanÄ«á¹ nÄma uttarataḥ saumyÄá¹ vibhÄvarÄ«á¹ nÄma tÄsÅ«daya-madhyÄhnÄstamaya-niśīthÄnÄ«ti bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹ pravá¹›tti-nivá¹›tti-nimittÄni samaya-viÅ›eá¹£eṇa meroÅ› catur-diÅ›am

 evam - thus; nava - nine; koá¹­ayaḥ - ten millions; eka-pañcÄÅ›at - fifty-one; laká¹£Äṇi - hundred thousands; yojanÄnÄm - of the yojanas; mÄnasottara-giri - of the mountain known as MÄnasottara; parivartanasya - of the circumambulation; upadiÅ›anti - they (learned scholars) teach; tasmin - on that (MÄnasottara Mountain); aindrÄ«m - of King Indra; purÄ«m - the city; pÅ«rvasmÄt - on the eastern side; meroḥ - of Sumeru Mountain; devadhÄnÄ«m - DevadhÄnÄ«; nÄma - of the name; daká¹£iṇataḥ - on the southern side; yÄmyÄm - of YamarÄja; saá¹yamanÄ«m - Saá¹yamanÄ«; nÄma - named; paÅ›cÄt - on the western side; vÄruṇīm - of Varuṇa; nimlocanÄ«m - NimlocanÄ«; nÄma - named; uttarataḥ - on the northern side; saumyÄm - of the moon; vibhÄvarÄ«m - VibhÄvarÄ«; nÄma - named; tÄsu - in all of them; udaya - rising; madhyÄhna - midday; astamaya - sunset; niśīthÄni - midnight; iti - thus; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - of the living entities; pravá¹›tti - of activity; nivá¹›tti - and cessation of activity; nimittÄni - the causes; samaya-viÅ›eá¹£eṇa - by the particular times; meroḥ - of Sumeru Mountain; catuḥ-diÅ›am - the four sides.


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Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of MÄnasottara Mountain in a circle whose length is 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles]. On MÄnasottara Mountain, due east of Mount Sumeru, is a place known as DevadhÄnÄ«, possessed by King Indra. Similarly, in the south is a place known as Saá¹yamanÄ«, possessed by YamarÄja, in the west is a place known as NimlocanÄ«, possessed by Varuṇa, and in the north is a place named VibhÄvarÄ«, possessed by the moon-god. Sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight occur in all those places according to specific times, thus engaging all living entities in their various occupational duties and also making them cease such duties.

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