Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.15

tata uparishtād dvi-laksha-yojanāntara-gatā bhagavān brihaspatir ekaikasmin rāśau parivatsaram parivatsaram carati yadi na vakrah syāt prāyenānukūlo brāhmana-kulasya

SYNONYMS

tatah — that (Mars); uparishtāt — above; dvi-laksha-yojana-antara-gatāh — situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles; bhagavān — the most powerful planet; brihaspatih — Jupiter; eka-ekasmin — in one after another; rāśau — sign; parivatsaram parivatsaram — for the period of Parivatsara; carati — moves; yadi — if; na — not; vakrah — curved; syāt — becomes; prāyena — almost always; anukūlah — very favorable; brāhmana-kulasya — to the brāhmanas of the universe.

TRANSLATION

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brāhmanas of the universe.

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