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TEXT 1
sri-suka uvaca
adhastat savitur yojanayute svarbhanur naksatravac caratity eke yo sav amaratvam grahatvam calabhata bhagavad-anukampaya svayam asurapasadah saimhikeyo hy atad-arhas tasya tata janma karmani coparistad vaksyamah.
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvacaSri Sukadeva Gosvami said; adhastatbelow; savituhthe sun globe; yojanaa measurement equal to eight miles; ayuteten thousand; svarbhanuhthe planet known as Rahu; naksatra-vatlike one of the stars; caratiis rotating; itithus; ekesome who are learned in the Puranas; yahwhich; asauthat; amaratvama lifetime like those of the demigods; grahatvama position as one of the chief planets; caand; alabhataobtained; bhagavat-anukampayaby the compassion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; svayampersonally; asura-apasadahthe lowest of the asuras; saimhikeyahbeing the son of Simhika; hiindeed; a-tat-arhahnot qualified for that position; tasyahis; tataO my dear King; janmabirth; karmaniactivities; caalso; uparistatlater; vaksyamahI shall explain.
TRANSLATION
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, some historians, the speakers of the Puranas, say that 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] below the sun is the planet known as Rahu, which moves like one of the stars. The presiding deity of that planet, who is the son of Simhika, is the most abominable of all asuras, but although he is completely unfit to assume the position of a demigod or planetary deity, he has achieved that position by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Later I shall speak further about him.
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