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TEXT 11
tata uparistad dvi-laksa-yojanato naksatrani merum daksinenaiva kalayana isvara-yojitani sahabhijitasta-vimsatih.
SYNONYMS
tatahfrom that region of the moon; uparistatabove; dvi-laksa-yojanatah200,000 yojanas; naksatranimany stars; merumSumeru Mountain; daksinena evato the right side; kala-ayanein the wheel of time; isvara-yojitaniattached by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sahawith; abhijitathe star known as Abhijit; asta-vimsatihtwenty-eight.
TRANSLATION
There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas [1,600,000 miles] above the moon. By the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are fixed to the wheel of time, and thus they rotate with Mount Sumeru on their right, their motion being different from that of the sun. There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit.
PURPORT
The stars referred to herein are 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and thus they are 4,000,000 miles above the earth.
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