yad etad bhagavata ādityasya meruṁ dhruvaṁ ca pradakṣiṇena parikrāmato rāśīnām abhimukhaṁ pracalitaṁ cāpradakṣiṇaṁ bhagavatopavarṇitam amuṣya vayaṁ katham anumimīmahīti.

raja uvaca-the King (Maharaja Pariksit) inquired; yat-which; etat-this; bhagavatah-of the most powerful; adityasya-of the sun (Surya Narayana); merum-the mountain known as Sumeru; dhruvam ca-as well as the planet known as Dhruvaloka; pradaksinena-by placing on the right; parikramatah-which is going around; rasinam-the different signs of the zodiac; abhimukham-facing toward; pracalitam-moving; ca-and; apradaksinam-placing on the left; bhagavata-by Your Lordship; upavarnitam-described; amusya-of that; vayam-we (the hearer); katham-how; anumimimahi-can accept it by argument and inference; iti-thus.