Shloka 4
सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च
Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues
Devanagari script
नवयोजनसाहस्रो विस्तारायामतः स्मृतः द्विगुणो ऽपि रथोपस्थाद् ईषादण्डः प्रमाणतः
Transliteration
navayojanasāhasro vistārāyāmataḥ smṛtaḥ dviguṇo 'pi rathopasthād īṣādaṇḍaḥ pramāṇataḥ
Translation
അതിന്റെ വീതിയും നീളവും ഒമ്പതിനായിരം യോജനമെന്ന് പറയുന്നു; രഥോപസ്ഥത്തിൽ നിന്ന് നീളുന്ന ഈഷാദണ്ഡം അളവിൽ അതിന്റെ ഇരട്ടിയാണെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
नव (nava)nine
नव (nava):
योजन (yojana)yojana (a unit of distance)
योजन (yojana):
साहस्रः (sāhasraḥ)thousand
साहस्रः (sāhasraḥ):
विस्तार (vistāra)breadth/width
विस्तार (vistāra):
आयामतः (āyāmataḥ)in length/extent
आयामतः (āyāmataḥ):
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ)is remembered/declared
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ):
द्विगुणः (dviguṇaḥ)double/twice
द्विगुणः (dviguṇaḥ):
अपि (api)also/indeed
अपि (api):
रथोपस्थात् (rathopasthāt)from the chariot-seat/platform
रथोपस्थात् (rathopasthāt):
ईषादण्डः (īṣādaṇḍaḥ)pole-shaft/drawbar
ईषादण्डः (īṣādaṇḍaḥ):
प्रमाणतः (pramāṇataḥ)according to measure/standard.
प्रमाणतः (pramāṇataḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)