# SB 5.22.15 ## Text > tata upariṣṭād dvi-lakṣa-yojanāntara-gatā bhagavān bṛhaspatir ekaikasmin rāśau parivatsaraṁ parivatsaraṁ carati yadi na vakraḥ syāt prāyeṇānukūlo brāhmaṇa-kulasya. ## Synonyms *tataḥ*—that (Mars); *upariṣṭāt*—above; *dvi*-*lakṣa*-*yojana*-*antara*-*gatāḥ*—situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; *bhagavān*—the most powerful planet; *bṛhaspatiḥ*—Jupiter; *eka*-*ekasmin*—in one after another; *rāśau*—sign; *parivatsaram* *parivatsaram*—for the period of Parivatsara; *carati*—moves; *yadi*—if; *na*—not; *vakraḥ*—curved; *syāt*—becomes; *prāyeṇa*—almost always; *anukūlaḥ*—very favorable; *brāhmaṇa*-*kulasya*—to the *brāhmaṇas* 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 brāhmaṇas of the universe.**