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TEXT 19
laksottaram sardha-nava-koti-yojana-parimandalam bhu-valayasya ksanena sagavyuty-uttaram dvi-sahasra-yojanani sa bhunkte.
SYNONYMS
laksa-uttaramincreased by 100,000; sardhawith 5,000,000; nava-koti-yojanaof 90,000,000 yojanas; parimandalamcircumference; bhu-valayasyaof the earthly sphere; ksanenain one moment; sagavyuti-uttaramaugmented by two krosas (four miles); dvi-sahasra-yojanani2,000 yojanas; sahthe sun-god; bhunktetraverses.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, in his orbit through Bhu-mandala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles] at the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krosas [16,004 miles] in a moment.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, The Movements of the Sun.
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