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TEXT 10
yada caindryah puryah pracalate pancadasa-ghatikabhir yamyam sapada-koti-dvayam yojananam sardha-dvadasa-laksani sadhikani copayati.
SYNONYMS
yadawhen; caand; aindryahof Indra; puryahfrom the residence; pracalateit moves; pancadasaby fifteen; ghatikabhihhalf hours (actually twenty-four minutes); yamyamto the residence of Yamaraja; sapada-koti-dvayamtwo and a quarter crores (22,500,000); yojananamof yojanas; sardhaand one half; dvadasa-laksanitwelve hundred thousand; sadhikanitwenty-five thousand more; caand; upayatihe 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).
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