तत उपरिष्टाद् द्विलक्षयोजनान्तरगता भगवान् बृहस्पतिरेकैकस्मिन्राशौ
परिवत्सरं परिवत्सरं चरति यदि न वक्रः स्यात्प्रायेणानुकूलो ब्राह्मणकुलस्य
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tata upariṣṭÄd dvi-laká¹£a-yojanÄntara-gatÄ bhagavÄn bá¹›haspatir ekaikasmin rÄÅ›au parivatsaraá¹ parivatsaraá¹ carati yadi na vakraḥ syÄt prÄyeṇÄnukÅ«lo brÄhmaṇa-kulasya

 tataḥ - that (Mars); upariṣṭÄt - above; dvi-laká¹£a-yojana-antara-gatÄḥ - situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; bhagavÄn - the most powerful planet; bá¹›haspatiḥ - Jupiter; eka-ekasmin - in one after another; rÄÅ›au - sign; parivatsaram parivatsaram - for the period of Parivatsara; carati - moves; yadi - if; na - not; vakraḥ - curved; syÄt - becomes; prÄyeṇa - almost always; anukÅ«laḥ - very favorable; brÄhmaṇa-kulasya - to the brÄhmaṇas of the universe.


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Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brÄhmaṇas of the universe.

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