SB 5.22.15 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तत उपरिष्टाद्विलक्षयोजनान्तरगता भगवान् बृहस्पतिरेकैकस्मिन् राशौ परिवत्सरं परिवत्सरं चरति यदि न वक्र: स्यात्प्रायेणानुकूलो ब्राह्मणकुलस्य ॥ १५ ॥

Verse text

tata upariṣṭād dvi-lakṣa-yojanāntara-gatā bhagavān bṛhaspatir ekaikasmin rāśau parivatsaraṁ parivatsaraṁ carati yadi na vakraḥ syāt prāyeṇānukūlo brāhmaṇa-kulasya.

Synonyms

tataḥ — that (Mars) ; upariṣṭāt — above ; dvi — lakṣa — yojana — antara — gatāḥ — situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles ; bhagavān — the most powerful planet ; bṛhaspatiḥ — Jupiter ; eka — ekasmin — in one after another ; rāśau — sign ; parivatsaram parivatsaram — for the period of Parivatsara ; carati — moves ; yadi — if ; na — not ; vakraḥ — curved ; syāt — becomes ; prāyeṇa — almost always ; anukūlaḥ — very favorable ; brāhmaṇa — kulasya — to the brāhmaṇas of the universe .

Translation

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brāhmaṇas of the universe.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Situated above Mars by 200,000 yojanas, Jupiter moves through each sign in one prativatsara, if not traveling retrograde. It is generally auspicious for the brāhmaṇas. Jupiter is 1,300,000 above the earth. If not traveling retrograde it moves through one zodiac sign in a prativatsara [Note: Parivatsara can refer to the solar year or to the Jupiter year which is 360 days. ].