ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
पूर्वापरनिकृष्टानि तारकामण्डलानि च / योजनाद्यर्द्धमात्राणि तेभ्यो ह्रस्वं न विद्यते
pūrvāparanikṛṣṭāni tārakāmaṇḍalāni ca / yojanādyarddhamātrāṇi tebhyo hrasvaṃ na vidyate
The starry circles to the east and to the west lie close to one another; their interval is only half a yojana, and nothing is shorter than that.