बृहस्पतेः पादहीनौ वक्रसौरी बुधस्तथा । शतानि पंच चत्वारित्रीणि द्वे चैकयोजनम्
bṛhaspateḥ pādahīnau vakrasaurī budhastathā | śatāni paṃca catvāritrīṇi dve caikayojanam
Vakrasaurī (Saturne, au mouvement sinueux) et Budha (Mercure) sont chacun d’un quart moindres que Bṛhaspati. Leur mesure est dite par centaines : cinq, quatre, trois, deux, et enfin un yojana.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa framing)
Scene: A sage points to a stepped numeric scale (hundreds descending: 500, 400, 300, 200, then 1 yojana) beside two planetary discs labeled Saturn (vakra path drawn as a looping curve) and Mercury (swift arc), both shown slightly smaller than Jupiter’s reference disc.
The verse reinforces that the universe is intelligible and measured, inviting contemplation of cosmic order as a form of dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage is a cosmological enumeration.
None; it provides comparative and numerical measures.