Shloka 37
Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः
Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time
Devanagari script
शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव योजने सर्वोपरि निकृष्टानि तारकामण्डलानि तु
Transliteration
śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane sarvopari nikṛṣṭāni tārakāmaṇḍalāni tu
Translation
Die Sternsphären (tārakāmaṇḍala) werden in Yojanas zu zwei-, drei-, vier- und fünfhundert gemessen; und unter ihnen sind einige die höchsten, andere die niedrigsten—in abgestufter Ordnung darüber angeordnet.
Word by Word
śatānihundreds
śatāni:
pañcafive
pañca:
catvārifour
catvāri:
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
dvetwo
dve:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
yojanein yojanas (as a measure of distance/extent)
yojane:
sarva-upariat the very top/above all
sarva-upari:
nikṛṣṭānilower/inferior/placed below
nikṛṣṭāni:
tārakāmaṇḍalānistellar circles/constellational spheres
tārakāmaṇḍalāni:
tuindeed/for (emphasis)
tu:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating cosmology to the sages of Naimisharanya)