SB 5.22.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

अत ऊर्ध्वमङ्गारको ऽपि योजनलक्षद्वितय उपलभ्यमानस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः पक्षैरेकैकशो राशीन्द्वादशानुभुङ्क्ते यदि न वक्रेणाभिवर्तते प्रायेणाशुभग्रहो ऽघशंसः. ॥ १४ ॥

ata ūrdhvam ahgarako 'pi yojana-laksa-dvitaya upalabhyamanas
tribhis tribhiḥ paksair ekaikaso rasin dvadasanubhuhkte yadi na
vakrenabhivartate prayenasubha-graho 'gha-samsaḥ.

ataḥ-from this; ūrdhvam-above; ahgarakaḥ-Mars; api-also; yojana-laksa-dvitaye-at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; upalabhyamanaḥ-is situated; tribhiḥ tribhiḥ-with each three and three; paksaiḥ-fortnights; eka-ekasaḥ-one after another; rasin-the signs; dvadasa-twelve; anubhuhkte-passes through; yadi-if; na-not; vakrena-with a curve; abhivartate-approaches; prayena-almost always; asubha-grahaḥ-an unfavorable, inauspicious planet; agha-samsaḥ-creating trouble.

TRANSLATION

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mercury, or 8,800,000 miles above earth, is the planet Mars. If this planet does not travel in a crooked way, it crosses through each sign of the zodiac in three fortnights and in this way travels through all twelve, one after another. It almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences.

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