Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 22: The Orbits of the Planets. Text 16

तत उपरिष्टाद्योजनलक्षद्वयात्प्रतीयमानः शनैश्चर एकैकस्मिन्
राशौ त्रिंशन्मासान् विलम्बमानः सर्वानेवानुपर्येति तावद्भिरनुवत्सरैः प्रायेण
हि सर्वेषामशान्तिकरः ॥१६॥

tata upariṣṭÄd yojana-laká¹£a-dvayÄt pratÄ«yamÄnaḥ Å›anaiÅ›cara ekaikasmin rÄÅ›au trimÅ›an mÄsÄn vilambamÄnaḥ sarvÄn evÄnuparyeti tÄvadbhir anuvatsaraiḥ prÄyeṇa hi sarveá¹£Äm aÅ›Äntikaraḥ

 tataḥ - that (Jupiter); upariṣṭÄt - above; yojana-laká¹£a-dvayÄt - by a distance of 1,600,000 miles; pratÄ«yamÄnaḥ - is situated; Å›anaiÅ›caraḥ - the planet Saturn; eka-ekasmin - in one after another; rÄÅ›au - zodiac signs; trimÅ›at mÄsÄn - for a period of thirty months in each; vilam-bamÄnaḥ - lingering; sarvÄn - all twelve signs of the zodiac; eva - certainly; anuparyeti - passes through; tÄvadbhiḥ - by so many; anuvatsaraiḥ - Anuvatsaras; prÄyeṇa - almost always; hi - indeed; sarveá¹£Äm - to all the inhabitants; aÅ›Äntikaraḥ - very troublesome.


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Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.

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