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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.21.12
evam muhurtena catus-trimsal-laksa-yojanany asta-satadhikani sauro rathas trayimayo 'sau catasrsu parivartate purisu
SYNONYMS
evam -- thus; muhurtena -- in a muhurta (forty-eight minutes); catuh-trimsat -- thirty-four; laksa -- hundred thousands; yojanani -- yojanas; asta-satadhikani -- increased by eight hundred; saurah rathah -- the chariot of the sun-god; trayi-mayah -- which is worshiped by the Gayatri mantra (om bhur bhuvah svah tat savitur, etc.); asau -- that; catasrsu -- to the four; parivartate -- he moves; purisu -- through different residential quarters.
TRANSLATION
Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayimaya, or worshiped by the words om bhur bhuvah svah, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas [27,206,400 miles] in a muhurta.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness