SB 5.22.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

राजोवाच यदेतद्भगवत आदित्यस्य मेरुं ध्रुवं च प्रदक्षिणेन परिक्रामतो राशीनामभिमुखं प्रचलितं चाप्रदक्षिणं भगवतोपवर्णितममुष्य वयं कथमनुमिमीमहीति. ॥ १ ॥

rajovaca

yad etad bhagavata adityasya merum dhruvam ca pradaksinena
parikramato rasinam abhimukham pracalitam capradaksinam
bhagavatopavarnitam amusya vayam katham anumimimahiti.

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.

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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