Shloka 20

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

कुलालचक्रमध्यं तु यथा मन्दं प्रसर्पति तथोदगयने सूर्यः सर्पते मन्दविक्रमः

Transliteration

kulālacakramadhyaṃ tu yathā mandaṃ prasarpati tathodagayane sūryaḥ sarpate mandavikramaḥ

Translation

Gaya ng gitnang buhol ng gulong ng magpapalayok na dahan-dahang sumusulong, gayon din sa Udāgayana, ang Araw ay umuusad nang banayad at may sukat na hakbang.

Word by Word

• कुलाल (kulāla): potter

• चक्र (cakra): wheel

• मध्यं (madhyaṃ): the middle, hub

• तु (tu): indeed

• यथा (yathā): just as

• मन्दं (mandaṃ): slowly, gently

• प्रसर्पति (prasarpati): moves onward, creeps forward

• तथा (tathā): so, in the same way

• उदगयने (udagayane): in the northern course of the sun (uttarāyaṇa)

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ): the Sun

• सर्पते (sarpate): moves, glides, creeps

• मन्दविक्रमः (mandavikramaḥ): of gentle stride, slow in movement

Speaker

Suta Goswami