Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.22.16

tata uparishtad yojana-laksha-dvayat pratiyamanah sanaiscara ekaikasmin rasau trimsan masan vilambamanah sarvan evanuparyeti tavadbhir anuvatsaraih prayena hi sarvesham asantikarah

SYNONYMS

tatah -- that (Jupiter); uparishtat -- above; yojana-laksha-dvayat -- by a distance of 1,600,000 miles; pratiyamanah -- is situated; sanaiscarah -- the planet Saturn; eka-ekasmin -- in one after another; rasau -- zodiac signs; trimsat masan -- for a period of thirty months in each; vilam-bamanah -- lingering; sarvan -- all twelve signs of the zodiac; eva -- certainly; anuparyeti -- passes through; tavadbhih -- by so many; anuvatsaraih -- Anuvatsaras; prayena -- almost always; hi -- indeed; sarvesham -- to all the inhabitants; asantikarah -- very troublesome.

TRANSLATION

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.

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