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sa hovāca
yathā kulāla-cakreṇa bhramatā saha bhramatāṁ tad-āśrayāṇāṁ pipīlikādīnāṁ gatir anyaiva pradeśāntareṣv apy upalabhyamānatvād evaṁ nakṣatra-rāśibhir upalakṣitena kāla-cakreṇa dhruvaṁ meruṁ ca pradakṣiṇena paridhāvatā saha paridhāvamānānāṁ tad-āśrayāṇāṁ sūryādīnāṁ grahāṇāṁ gatir anyaiva nakṣatrāntare rāśy-antare copalabhyamānatvāt.
Synonyms
saḥ—Śukadeva Gosvāmī; ha—very clearly; uvāca—answered; yathā—just as; kulāla-cakreṇa—a potter’s wheel; bhramatā—turning around; saha—with; bhramatām—of those turning around; tat-asrayanam—being located on that (wheel); pipilika-ādīnām—of small ants; gatih—the motion; anya—other; eva—certainly; pradesa-antareṣu—in different locations; api—also; upalabhyamānatvāt—due to being experienced; evam—similarly; nakṣatra-rāśibhiḥ—by the stars and signs; upalakṣitena—being seen; kala-cakreṇa—with the great wheel of time; dhruvam—the star known as Dhruvaloka; merum—the mountain known as Sumeru; ca—and; pradakṣiṇena—on the right; paridhāvatā—going around; saha—with; paridhāvamānānām—of those going around; tat-asrayanam—whose shelter is that wheel of time; surya-ādīnām—headed by the sun; grahanam—of the planets; gatih—the motion; anya—other; eva—certainly; nakṣatra-antare—in different stars; rasi-antare—in different signs; ca—and; upalabhyamānatvāt—due to being observed. ¶
Translation
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī clearly answered: When a potter’s wheel is moving and small ants located on that big wheel are moving with it, one can see that their motion is different from that of the wheel because they appear sometimes on one part of the wheel and sometimes on another. Similarly, the signs and constellations, with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on their right, move with the wheel of time, and the antlike sun and other planets move with them. The sun and planets, however, are seen in different signs and constellations at different times. This indicates that their motion is different from that of the zodiac and the wheel of time itself. ¶