Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 13
The Orbit of the Sun, the Measure of Day and Night, and the Sun-God’s Chariot
यस्यैकं चक्रं द्वादशारं षण्नेमि त्रिणाभि संवत्सरात्मकं समामनन्ति तस्याक्षो मेरोर्मूर्धनि कृतो मानसोत्तरे कृतेतरभागो यत्र प्रोतं रविरथचक्रं तैलयन्त्रचक्रवद् भ्रमन्मानसोत्तरगिरौ परिभ्रमति ॥ १३ ॥
yasyaikaṁ cakraṁ dvādaśāraṁ ṣaṇ-nemi tri-ṇābhi saṁvatsarātmakaṁ samāmananti tasyākṣo meror mūrdhani kṛto mānasottare kṛtetara-bhāgo yatra protaṁ ravi-ratha-cakraṁ taila-yantra-cakravad bhraman mānasottara-girau paribhramati.
太阳神的战车只有一轮，名为“萨ṁ瓦特萨拉”（一年）。十二个月为其十二辐，六季为其轮缘分段，三段恰图尔玛夏期为其三分轮毂。承轮之轴一端安置于须弥山顶，另一端安置于摩那索多罗山；轮系于轴之外端，便如榨油机之轮般，在摩那索多罗山上恒常旋转。
FAQs
This verse describes the year as a single cosmic wheel with twelve spokes, six rims, and three hubs—an image showing time’s structured, divinely governed cycles.
He uses Meru as the fixed axle-point and Mānasottara as the boundary-support to explain, in Purāṇic cosmology, how the Sun’s chariot-wheel is situated and how the Sun is said to circle in a continuous orbit.
Seeing time as an ordered cycle helps one live with discipline and devotion—aligning daily and yearly routines with remembrance of Bhagavān rather than being driven by anxiety and randomness.