Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.22.11

tata uparishtad dvi-laksha-yojanato nakshatrani merum dakshinenaiva kalayana isvara-yojitani sahabhijitashta-vimsatih

SYNONYMS

tatah -- from that region of the moon; uparishtat -- above; dvi-laksha-yojanatah -- 200,000 yojanas; nakshatrani -- many stars; merum -- Sumeru Mountain; dakshinena eva -- to the right side; kala-ayane -- in the wheel of time; isvara-yojitani -- attached by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saha -- with; abhijita -- the star known as Abhijit; ashta-vimsatih -- twenty-eight.

TRANSLATION

There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas [1,600,000 miles] above the moon. By the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are fixed to the wheel of time, and thus they rotate with Mount Sumeru on their right, their motion being different from that of the sun. There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit.

PURPORT

The stars referred to herein are 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and thus they are 4,000,000 miles above the earth.

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