SB 5.21.14
Devanāgarī
तस्मिन्नक्षे कृतमूलो द्वितीयोऽक्षस्तुर्यमानेन सम्मितस्तैलयन्त्राक्षवद् ध्रुवे कृतोपरिभाग: ॥ १४ ॥
Text
tasminn akṣe kṛtamūlo dvitīyo ’kṣas turyamānena sammitas taila-yantrākṣavad dhruve kṛtopari-bhāgaḥ.
Synonyms
tasminakṣe—in that axle;kṛta-mūlaḥ—whose base is fixed;dvitīyaḥ—a second;akṣaḥ—axle;turyamānena—by one fourth;sammitaḥ—measured;taila-yantra-akṣa-vat—like the axle of an oil-pressing machine;dhruve—to Dhruvaloka;kṛta—fixed;upari-bhāgaḥ—upper portion.
Translation
As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long [3,937,500 yojanas, or 31,500,000 miles]. The upper end of this second axle is attached to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind.