SB 5.21.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

यदा चैन्द्र्याः पुर्याः प्रचलते पञ्चदशघटिकाभिर्याम्यां सपादकोटिद्वयं योजनानां सार्धद्वादशलक्षाणि साधिकानि चोपयाति. ॥ १० ॥

yada caindryah puryah pracalate pancadasa-ghatikabhir yamyam
sapada-koti-dvayam yojananam sardha-dvadasa-laksani sadhikani
copayati.

yada-when; ca-and; aindryah-of Indra; puryah-from the residence; pracalate-it moves; pancadasa-by fifteen; ghatikabhih-half hours (actually twenty-four minutes); yamyam-to the residence of Yamaraja; sapada-koti-dvayam-two and a quarter crores (22,500,000); yojananam-of yojanas; sardha-and one half; dvadasa-laksani-twelve hundred thousand; sadhikani-twenty-five thousand more; ca-and; upayati-he passes over.

TRANSLATION

When the sun travels from Devadhani, the residence of Indra, to Samyamani, the residence of Yamaraja, it travels 23,775,000 yojanas [190,200,000 miles] in fifteen ghatikas [six hours].

PURPORT

The distance indicated by the word sadhikani is panca-vimsati-sahasradhikani, or 25,000 yojanas. That plus two and a half crores and twelve and a half laksa of yojanas is the distance the sun travels between each two cities. This comes to 23,775,000 yojanas, or 190,200,000 miles. The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles).