yan-madhya-gato bhagavams tapatam patis tapana atapena tri-lokim
pratapaty avabhasayaty atma-bhasa sa esa udagayana-daksinayana-
vaisuvata-samjnabhir mandya-saighrya-samanabhir gatibhir
arohanavarohana-samana-sthanesu yatha-savanam abhipadyamano
makaradisu rasisv aho-ratrani dirgha-hrasva-samanani vidhatte.
yat-of which (the intermediate space); madhya-gatah-being situated in the middle; bhagavan-the most powerful; tapatam patih-the master of those that heat the whole universe; tapanah-the sun; atapena-by heat; tri-lokim-the three worlds; pratapati-heats; avabhasayati-lights; atma-bhasa-by its own illuminating rays; sah-that; esah-the sun globe; udagayana-of passing to the northern side of the equator; daksina-ayana-of passing to the southern side of the equator; vaisuvata-or of passing through the equator; samjnabhih-by different names; mandya-characterized by slowness; saighrya-swiftness; samanabhih-and by equality; gatibhih-by movement; arohana-of rising; avarohana-of going down; samana-or of staying in the middle; sthanesu-in positions; yatha-savanam-according to the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; abhipadyamanah-moving; makara-adisu-headed by the sign Makara (Capricorn); rasisu-in different signs; ahah-ratrani-the days and nights; dirgha-long; hrasva-short; samanani-equal; vidhatte-makes.