SB 5.22.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

तत उपरिष्टाद्द्विलक्षयोजनान्तरगता भगवान्बृहस्पतिरेकैकस्मिन्राशौ परिवत्सरं परिवत्सरं चरति यदि न वक्रः स्यात्प्रायेणानुकूलो ब्राह्मणकुलस्य. ॥ १५ ॥

tata uparistad dvi-laksa-yojanantara-gata bhagavan brhaspatir
ekaikasmin rasau parivatsaram parivatsaram carati yadi na vakrah syat
prayenanukulo brahmana-kulasya.

tatah-that (Mars); uparistat-above; dvi-laksa-yojana-antara-gatah-situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; bhagavan-the most powerful planet; brhaspatih-Jupiter; eka-ekasmin-in one after another; rasau-sign; parivatsaram parivatsaram-for the period of Parivatsara; carati-moves; yadi-if; na-not; vakrah-curved; syat-becomes; prayena-almost always; anukulah-very favorable; brahmana-kulasya-to the brahmanas of the universe.

TRANSLATION

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brahmanas of the universe.

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