सर्वे नक्षत्रताराद्याश्चक्रुस्तज्जन्म दक्षिणम् ॥५॥
Å›roṇÄyÄá¹ Å›ravaṇa-dvÄdaÅ›yÄá¹
muhūrte 'bhijiti prabhuḥ
sarve naká¹£atra-tÄrÄdyÄÅ›
cakrus taj-janma dakṣiṇam
Å›roṇÄyÄm - when the moon was situated in the Åšravaṇa lunar mansion; Å›ravaṇa-dvÄdaÅ›yÄm - on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of BhÄdra, the day famous as the Åšravaṇa-dvÄdaśī; muhÅ«rte - in the auspicious moment; abhijiti - in the first portion of the Åšravaṇa lunar mansion known as the Abhijit-naká¹£atra and in the Abhijit-muhÅ«rta (occurring at midday); prabhuḥ - the Lord; sarve - all; naká¹£atra - stars; tÄrÄ - planets; ÄdyÄḥ - beginning with the sun and followed by the other planets; cakruḥ - made; tat-janma - the birthday of the Lord; daká¹£iṇam - very munificent.
On the day of Åšravaṇa-dvÄdaśī [the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of BhÄdra], when the moon came into the lunar mansion Åšravaṇa, at the auspicious moment of Abhijit, the Lord appeared in this universe. Considering the Lord’s appearance very auspicious, all the stars and planets, from the sun to Saturn, were munificently charitable.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura, an expert astrologer, explains the word naká¹£atra-tÄrÄdyÄḥ. The word naká¹£atra means “the stars,†the word tÄra in this context refers to the planets, and ÄdyÄḥ means “the first one specifically mentioned.†Among the planets, the first is SÅ«rya, the sun, not the moon. Therefore, according to the Vedic version, the modern astronomer’s proposition that the moon is nearest to the earth should not be accepted. The chronological order in which people all over the world refer to the days of the week — Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday — corresponds to the Vedic order of the planets and thus circumstantiates the Vedic version. Apart from this, when the Lord appeared the planets and stars became situated very auspiciously, according to astrological calculations, to celebrate the birth of the Lord.
