Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.16

tata uparishtād yojana-laksha-dvayāt pratīyamānah śanaiścara ekaikasmin rāśau trimśan māsān vilambamānah sarvān evānuparyeti tāvadbhir anuvatsaraih prāyena hi sarveshām aśāntikarah

SYNONYMS

tatah — that (Jupiter); uparishtāt — above; yojana-laksha-dvayāt — by a distance of 1,600,000 miles; pratīyamānah — is situated; śanaiścarah — the planet Saturn; eka-ekasmin — in one after another; rāśau — zodiac signs; trimśat māsān — for a period of thirty months in each; vilam-bamānah — lingering; sarvān — all twelve signs of the zodiac; eva — certainly; anuparyeti — passes through; tāvadbhih — by so many; anuvatsaraih — Anuvatsaras; prāyena — almost always; hi — indeed; sarveshām — to all the inhabitants; aśāntikarah — very troublesome.

TRANSLATION

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.

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