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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.21.12
evam muhūrtena catus-trimśal-laksha-yojanāny ashta-śatādhikāni sauro rathas trayīmayo 'sau catasrishu parivartate purīshu
SYNONYMS
evam — thus; muhūrtena — in a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes); catuh-trimśat — thirty-four; laksha — hundred thousands; yojanāni — yojanas; ashta-śatādhikāni — increased by eight hundred; saurah rathah — the chariot of the sun-god; trayī-mayah — which is worshiped by the Gāyatrī mantra (om bhūr bhuvah svah tat savitur, etc.); asau — that; catasrishu — to the four; parivartate — he moves; purīshu — through different residential quarters.
TRANSLATION
Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayīmaya, or worshiped by the words om bhūr bhuvah svah, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas [27,206,400 miles] in a muhūrta.
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