Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.14

ata ūrdhvam ańgārako 'pi yojana-laksha-dvitaya upalabhyamānas tribhis tribhih pakshair ekaikaśo rāśīn dvādaśānubhuńkte yadi na vakrenābhivartate prāyenāśubha-graho 'gha-śamsah

SYNONYMS

atah — from this; ūrdhvam — above; ańgārakah — Mars; api — also; yojana-laksha-dvitaye — at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; upalabhyamānah — is situated; tribhih tribhih — with each three and three; pakshaih — fortnights; eka-ekaśah — one after another; rāśīn — the signs; dvādaśa — twelve; anubhuńkte — passes through; yadi — if; na — not; vakrena — with a curve; abhivartate — approaches; prāyena — almost always; aśubha-grahah — an unfavorable, inauspicious planet; agha-śamsah — creating trouble.

TRANSLATION

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mercury, or 8,800,000 miles above earth, is the planet Mars. If this planet does not travel in a crooked way, it crosses through each sign of the zodiac in three fortnights and in this way travels through all twelve, one after another. It almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences.

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