Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.21.19

laksottaram sardha-nava-koti-yojana-parimandalam bhu-valayasya ksanena sagavyuty-uttaram dvi-sahasra-yojanani sa bhunkte

SYNONYMS

laksa-uttaram -- increased by 100,000; sardha -- with 5,000,000; nava-koti-yojana -- of 90,000,000 yojanas; parimandalam -- circumference; bhu-valayasya -- of the earthly sphere; ksanena -- in one moment; sagavyuti-uttaram -- augmented by two krosas (four miles); dvi-sahasra-yojanani -- 2,000 yojanas; sah -- the sun-god; bhunkte -- traverses.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, in his orbit through Bhu-mandala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles] at the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krosas [16,004 miles] in a moment.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, "The Movements of the Sun."

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