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TEXT 1
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yad etad bhagavata adityasya merum dhruvam ca pradaksinena parikramato rasinam abhimukham pracalitam capradaksinam bhagavatopavarnitam amusya vayam katham anumimimahiti.
SYNONYMS
raja uvacathe King (Maharaja Pariksit) inquired; yatwhich; etatthis; bhagavatahof the most powerful; adityasyaof the sun (Surya Narayana); merumthe mountain known as Sumeru; dhruvam caas well as the planet known as Dhruvaloka; pradaksinenaby placing on the right; parikramatahwhich is going around; rasinamthe different signs of the zodiac; abhimukhamfacing toward; pracalitammoving; caand; apradaksinamplacing on the left; bhagavataby Your Lordship; upavarnitamdescribed; amusyaof that; vayamwe (the hearer); kathamhow; anumimimahican accept it by argument and inference; itithus.
TRANSLATION
King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful sun-god travels around Dhruvaloka with both Dhruvaloka and Mount Sumeru on his right. Yet at the same time the sun-god faces the signs of the zodiac and keeps Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on his left. How can we reasonably accept that the sun-god proceeds with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on both his left and right simultaneously?
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