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SB 5.21.19

Devanāgarī

लक्षोत्तरं सार्धनवकोटियोजनपरिमण्डलं भूवलयस्य क्षणेन सगव्यूत्युत्तरं द्विसहस्रयोजनानि स भुङ्क्ते ॥ १९ ॥

Text

lakṣottaraṁ sārdha-nava-koṭi-yojana-parimaṇḍalaṁ bhū-valayasya kṣaṇena sagavyūty-uttaraṁ dvi-sahasra-yojanāni sa bhuṅkte.

Synonyms

lakṣa-uttaram—increased by 100,000;sārdha—with 5,000,000;nava-koṭi-yojana—of 90,000,000yojanas;parimaṇḍalam—circumference;bhū-valayasya—of the earthly sphere;kṣaṇena—in one moment;sagavyūti-uttaram—augmented by twokrośas(four miles);dvi-sahasra-yojanāni—2,000yojanas;saḥ—the sun-god;bhuṅkte—traverses.

Translation

My dear King, in his orbit through Bhū-maṇḍala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles] at the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krośas [16,004 miles] in a moment.

Purport

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Movements of the Sun.”
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