Shloka 14
The Orbit of the Sun, the Measure of Day and Night, and the Sun-God’s Chariot
तस्मिन्नक्षे कृतमूलो द्वितीयोऽक्षस्तुर्यमानेन सम्मितस्तैलयन्त्राक्षवद् ध्रुवे कृतोपरिभाग: ॥ १४ ॥
tasminn akṣe kṛtamūlo dvitīyo ’kṣas turyamānena sammitas taila-yantrākṣavad dhruve kṛtopari-bhāgaḥ.
Fixed to that first axle is a second axle, one-fourth its length. Like the axle of an oil-press, the upper end of this second axle is bound to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind.
FAQs
This verse describes Dhruva as the upper fixed point of a cosmic axle—an anchoring reference in the Bhagavatam’s description of planetary orbits.
The comparison helps visualize a rotating system around a stable pivot, illustrating how the cosmic arrangement is described as turning around a fixed axis.
It encourages seeing the universe as orderly and governed, strengthening faith that creation operates under higher intelligence and divine arrangement.