SB 5.21.12 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

एवं मुहूर्तेन चतुस्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनान्यष्टशताधिकानि सौरो रथस्त्रयीमयोऽसौ चतसृषु परिवर्तते पुरीषु ॥ १२ ॥

Verse text

evaṁ muhūrtena catus-triṁśal-lakṣa-yojanāny aṣṭa-śatādhikāni sauro rathas trayīmayo ’sau catasṛṣu parivartate purīṣu.

Synonyms

evam — thus ; muhūrtena — in a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes) ; catuḥ-triṁśat — thirty-four ; lakṣa — hundred thousands ; yojanāni — yojanas ; aṣṭa-śatādhikāni — increased by eight hundred ; sauraḥ rathaḥ — the chariot of the sun-god ; trayī-mayaḥ — which is worshiped by the Gāyatrī mantra (om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur, etc.) ; asau — that ; catasṛṣu — to the four ; parivartate — he moves ; purīṣu — through different residential quarters.

Translation

Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayīmaya, or worshiped by the words om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas [27,206,400 miles] in a muhūrta.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Thus the chariot of the sun-god, meant for worship, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas in a muhūrta. [Note: This does not correspond to the diameter given in verse 7. There are 30 muhūrtas in a day. 95,100,000/30=3,170,000]