Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 22: The Orbits of the Planets. Text 1

राजोवाच
यदेतद्भगवत आदित्यस्य मेरुं ध्रुवं च प्रदक्षिणेन परिक्रामतो
राशीनामभिमुखं प्रचलितं चाप्रदक्षिणं भगवतोपवर्णितममुष्य वयं कथमनु
मिमीमहीति ॥१॥

rÄjovÄca
yad etad bhagavata Ädityasya meruá¹ dhruvaá¹ ca pradaká¹£iṇena parikrÄmato rÄśīnÄm abhimukhaá¹ pracalitaá¹ cÄpradaká¹£iṇaá¹ bhagavatopavarṇitam amuá¹£ya vayaá¹ katham anumimÄ«mahÄ«ti

 rÄjÄ uvÄca - the King (MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it) inquired; yat - which; etat - this; bhagavataḥ - of the most powerful; Ädityasya - of the sun (SÅ«rya NÄrÄyaṇa); merum - the mountain known as Sumeru; dhruvam ca - as well as the planet known as Dhruvaloka; pradaká¹£iṇena - by placing on the right; parikrÄmataḥ - which is going around; rÄśīnÄm - the different signs of the zodiac; abhimukham - facing toward; pracalitam - moving; ca - and; apradaká¹£iṇam - placing on the left; bhagavatÄ - by Your Lordship; upavarṇitam - described; amuá¹£ya - of that; vayam - we (the hearer); katham - how; anumimÄ«mahi - can accept it by argument and inference; iti - thus.


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King ParÄ«ká¹£it inquired from Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«: 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?

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