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TEXT 17
tata uttarasmad rsaya ekadasa-laksa-yojanantara upalabhyante ya eva lokanam sam anubhavayanto bhagavato visnor yat paramam padam pradaksinam prakramanti.
SYNONYMS
tatahthe planet Saturn; uttarasmatabove; rsayahgreat saintly sages; ekadasa-laksa-yojana-antareat a distance of 1,100,000 yojanas; upalabhyanteare situated; yeall of them; evaindeed; lokanamfor all the inhabitants of the universe; samthe good fortune; anubhavayantahalways thinking of; bhagavatahof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; visnohLord Visnu; yatwhich; paramam padamthe supreme abode; pradaksinamplacing on the right; prakramanticircumambulate.
TRANSLATION
Situated 8,800,000 miles above Saturn, or 20,800,000 miles above earth, are the seven saintly sages, who are always thinking of the well-being of the inhabitants of the universe. They circumambulate the supreme abode of Lord Visnu, known as Dhruvaloka, the polestar.
PURPORT
Lord Visnu, who is the source of knowledge and transcendental bliss, has assumed the form of Sisumara in the seventh heaven, which is situated in the topmost level of the universe. All the other planets, beginning with the sun, exist under the shelter of this Sisumara planetary system.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled The Orbits of the Planets.
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