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14:0614:06, 22 May 2018 diff hist +2,062 N This great machine, consisting of the stars and planets, resembles the form of a sisumara (dolphin) in the water. It is sometimes considered an incarnation of Krsna, Vasudeva. Great yogis meditate upon Vasudeva in this form because it is actually visible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This great machine, consisting of the stars and planets, resembles the form of a sisumara"|"in the water. It is sometimes cons..."
13:5813:58, 22 May 2018 diff hist +11,232 N These planets float in the air within the vast sky, just as clouds with hundreds of tons of water float in the air or as the great syena eagles, due to the results of past activities, fly high in the sky and have no chance of falling to the ground Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These planets float in the air within the vast sky, just as clouds with hundreds of tons of water float in the air or as the g..."
13:5113:51, 22 May 2018 diff hist +11,154 N Fastened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the machine of material nature according to the results of their fruitive acts, they are driven around the polestar by the wind and will continue to be so until the end of creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fastened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the machine of material nature according to the results of their fruitive ac..."
13:4313:43, 22 May 2018 diff hist +11,221 N When bulls are yoked together and tied to a central post to thresh rice, they tread around that pivot without deviating from their proper positions - one bull being closest to the post, another in the middle, and a third on the outside Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When bulls are yoked together and tied to a central post to thresh rice, they tread around that pivot without deviating from t..."
13:3913:39, 22 May 2018 diff hist +2,381 N The unsleeping, invisible, most powerful time factor causes these luminaries to revolve around the polestar without cessation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unsleeping, invisible, most powerful time factor causes these luminaries to revolve around the polestar without cessation"..."

15:3915:39, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,373 N Agni, Indra, Prajapati, Kasyapa and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides toward him. I (Sukadeva) have already described the glorious activities of Maharaja Dhruva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Agni, Indra, Prajapati, Kasyapa and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful obeisances. They circumambulat..."
15:3615:36, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,033 N There the son of Maharaja Uttanapada, the great devotee Maharaja Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living entities who live until the end of the creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There the son of Maharaja Uttanapada, the great devotee Maharaja Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living en..."
15:3215:32, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,062 N Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas (10,400,000 miles) above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas"|"10,400,000 miles"|"above the planets of the seven sages is th..."
15:1915:19, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,971 N Mercury is described to be similar to Venus, in that it moves sometimes behind the sun, sometimes in front of the sun and sometimes along with it. It is 1,600,000 miles above Venus, or 7,200,000 miles above earth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mercury is described to be similar to Venus, in that it moves sometimes behind the sun, sometimes in front of the sun and some..."
15:0615:06, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,283 N There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas (1,600,000 miles) above the moon. By the supreme will of the SPG, they are fixed to the wheel of time, and thus they rotate with Mount Sumeru on their right, their motion being different from that of the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas"|"1,600,000 miles"|"above the moon. By the supreme will of the Supreme Personalit..."
15:0115:01, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,208 N The moon pleases the demigods, pitas, human beings, animals, birds, reptiles, trees, plants and all other living entities. Everyone is satisfied by the presence of the moon. Therefore the moon is also called Sarvamaya (all-pervading) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The moon pleases the demigods, pitās, human beings, animals, birds, reptiles, trees, plants and all other living entities. Ev..."
14:5814:58, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,952 N Moon is also called Annamaya because he gives potency to all herbs and plants, and he is called Amrtamaya because he is the source of life for all living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is also called Annamaya because he gives potency to all herbs and plants, and he is called Amṛtamaya because he is the so..."
14:5414:54, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,110 N Moon represents the influence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because it is full of all potentialities. The moon is the predominating deity of everyone's mind, and therefore the moon-god is called Manomaya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the moon is full of all potentialities, it represents the influence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The moon is..."
14:4914:49, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,170 N The moon is the source of nectarean coolness that influences the growth of food grains, and therefore the moon-god is considered the life of all living entities. He is consequently called Jiva, the chief living being within the universe Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The moon is the source of nectarean coolness that influences the growth of food grains, and therefore the moon-god is consider..."
14:3714:37, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,604 N In two lunar fortnights the moon travels through the equivalent of a samvatsara of the sun, in two and a quarter days it passes through a month of the sun, and in one day it passes through a fortnight of the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In two lunar fortnights the moon travels through the equivalent of a samvatsara of the sun, in two and a quarter days it passe..."
14:3214:32, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,452 N Above the rays of the sunshine by a distance of 100,000 yojanas (800,000 miles) is the moon, which travels at a speed faster than that of the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Above the rays of the sunshine by a distance of 100,000 yojanas"|"800,000 miles"|"is the moon, which travels at a speed faster..."
14:2814:28, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,395 N The time he takes to travel entirely around the spheres of heaven, earth and space at these three speeds is referred to, by learned scholars, by the five names Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idavatsara, Anuvatsara and Vatsara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The time he takes to travel entirely around the spheres of heaven, earth and space at these three speeds is referred to, by le..."
14:2414:24, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,389 N Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement (in the north or in the south) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement"|"in the north..."
14:1514:15, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,102 N The sun-god, who is Narayana, or Visnu, the soul of all the worlds, is situated in outer space between the upper and lower portions of the universe Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sun-god, who is Narayana, or Visnu, the soul of all the worlds, is situated in outer space between the upper and lower por..."
14:1214:12, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,126 N With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the three Vedas, such as agnihotra and similar higher and lower fruitive acts, and according to the process of mystic yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the..."
14:0314:03, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,759 N According to the system of four varnas and four asramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, who is situated as the sun-god Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the system of four varnas and four asramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana..."
08:5908:59, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,204 N When a potter's wheel is moving and small ants located on that big wheel are moving with it, one can see that their motion is different from that of the wheel because they appear sometimes on one part of the wheel and sometimes on another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a potter's wheel is moving and small ants located on that big wheel are moving with it, one can see that their motion is..."
08:5408:54, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,964 N King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful sun-god travels around Dhruvaloka with both Dhruvaloka and Mount Sumeru on his right Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful su..."
08:5108:51, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,581 N My dear King, in his orbit through Bhu-mandala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles) at the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krosas (16,004 miles) in a moment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear King, in his orbit through Bhū-maṇḍala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas"|"760,800,000 mile..."
08:4308:43, 20 May 2018 diff hist +3,195 N Similarly, fourteen other saints, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Nagas, Yaksas, Raksasas and demigods, who are divided into groups of two, assume different names every month and continuously perform different ritualistic ceremonies to worship the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, fourteen other saints, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Nagas, Yaksas, Raksasas and demigods, who are divided into groups of tw..."
08:3908:39, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,552 N There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Valikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god and who offer him eloquent prayers of glorification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are sixty thousand saintly persons named Valikhilyas, each the size of a thumb, who are located in front of the sun-god..."
08:3108:31, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,843 N Although Arunadeva sits in front of the sun-god and is engaged in driving the chariot and controlling the horses, he looks backward toward the sun-god Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Arunadeva sits in front of the sun-god and is engaged in driving the chariot and controlling the horses, he looks bac..."
08:2708:27, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,354 N The chariot's horses, which are named after Gayatri and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Arunadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The chariot's horses, which are named after Gayatri and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Arunadeva to a yoke that is also..."
08:2308:23, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,161 N My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god's chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas (28,800,000 miles) long and one-fourth as wide (900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god's chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas"|"28,800,000 miles"|"long and one-fou..."
08:2008:20, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,725 N As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long (3,937,500 yojanas, or 31,500,000 miles). The upper end of this second axle is attached to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long"|"3,937,500 yojanas,..."
08:1208:12, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,077 N One side of the axle carrying the wheel rests upon the summit of Mount Sumeru, and the other rests upon Manasottara. Affixed to the outer end of the axle, the wheel continuously rotates on Manasottara Mountain like the wheel of an oil-pressing machine Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One side of the axle carrying the wheel rests upon the summit of Mount Sumeru, and the other rests upon Mānasottara Mountain...."
08:0508:05, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,690 N Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayimaya, or worshiped by the words om bhur bhuvah svah, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas (27,206,400 miles) in a muhurta Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayīmaya, or worshiped by the words oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, travels through th..."
07:5907:59, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,510 N The moon, along with the other stars and planets, becomes visible in the celestial sphere and then sets and again becomes invisible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the moon, along with the other stars and planets, becomes visible in the celestial sphere and then sets and again becomes invi..."
07:5707:57, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,518 N From the residence of Yamaraja the sun travels to Nimlocani, the residence of Varuna, from there to Vibhavari, the residence of the moon-god, and from there again to the residence of Indra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the residence of Yamaraja the sun travels to Nimlocani, the residence of Varuna, from there to Vibhavari, the residence o..."
07:5207:52, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,961 N When the sun travels from Devadhani, the residence of Indra, to Samyamani, the residence of Yamaraja, it travels 23,775,000 yojanas (190,200,000 miles) in fifteen ghatikas (six hours) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the sun travels from Devadhānī, the residence of Indra, to Saṁyamanī, the residence of Yamarāja, it travels 23,775,..."
07:4307:43, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,065 N If people residing where the sun is setting were to go to countries diametrically opposite, they would not see the sun in the same condition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if people residing where the sun is setting were to go to countries diametrically opposite, they would not see the sun in the..."
07:3807:38, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,236 N If a straight line were drawn from a point where the sun is at midday, the people in countries at the opposite end of the line would be experiencing midnight Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if a straight line were drawn from a point where the sun is at midday, the people in countries at the opposite end of the line..."
07:3607:36, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,172 N People living in countries at points diametrically opposite to where the sun is first seen rising will see the sun setting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People living in countries at points diametrically opposite to where the sun is first seen rising will see the sun setting"}}..."
07:3207:32, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,016 N The living entities residing on Sumeru Mountain are always very warm, as at midday, because for them the sun is always overhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities residing on Sumeru Mountain are always very warm, as at midday, because for them the sun is always overhea..."
07:2507:25, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,284 N Sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight occur in all those places according to specific times, thus engaging all living entities in their various occupational duties and also making them cease such duties Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight occur in all those places according to specific times, thus engaging all living entities..."
07:2207:22, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,072 N Similarly, in the south is a place known as Samyamani, possessed by Yamaraja, in the west is a place known as Nimlocani, possessed by Varuna, and in the north is a place named Vibhavari, possessed by the moon-god Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, in the south is a place known as Samyamani, possessed by Yamaraja, in the west is a place known as Nimlocani, posse..."
07:1407:14, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,804 N On Manasottara Mountain, due east of Mount Sumeru, is a place known as Devadhani, possessed by King Indra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On Manasottara Mountain, due east of Mount Sumeru, is a place known as Devadhani, possessed by King Indra"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
07:1107:11, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,195 N Sukadeva Gosvami continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Manasottara Mountain in a circle whose length is 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Mānasot..."
07:0307:03, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,247 N Until the sun travels to the south the days grow longer, and until it travels to the north the nights grow longer Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Until the sun travels to the south the days grow longer, and until it travels to the north the nights grow longer"}} {{notes|}..."
06:4406:44, 20 May 2018 diff hist +3,621 N While passing toward the north, toward the south or through the equator, in accordance with the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is said to move slowly, swiftly or moderately Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While passing toward the north, toward the south or through the equator, in accordance with the order of the Supreme Personali..."
06:3506:35, 20 May 2018 diff hist +2,019 N As a grain of wheat is divided into two parts and one can estimate the size of the upper part by knowing that of the lower, so, expert geographers instruct, one can understand the measurements of the upper part of the universe by knowing the lower part Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As a grain of wheat is divided into two parts and one can estimate the size of the upper part by knowing that of the lower, so..."
06:3206:32, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,816 N Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, I have thus far described the diameter of the universe (fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles) and its general characteristics, according to the estimations of learned scholars Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have thus far described the diameter of the universe"|"fifty crores of yojanas, or f..."
06:2906:29, 20 May 2018 diff hist +3,034 N Furthermore, it is because of the sun's presence that all living entities can see, and therefore he is called drg-isvara, the Personality of Godhead presiding over sight Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Furthermore, it is because of the sun's presence that all living entities can see, and therefore he is called drg-isvara, the..."
06:2606:26, 20 May 2018 diff hist +3,099 N All living entities, including demigods, human beings, animals, birds, insects, reptiles, creepers and trees, depend upon the heat and light given by the sun-god from the sun planet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities, including demigods, human beings, animals, birds, insects, reptiles, creepers and trees, depend upon the..."
06:2306:23, 20 May 2018 diff hist +1,941 N O King, the sun-god and the sun planet divide all the directions of the universe. It is only because of the presence of the sun that we can understand what the sky, the higher planets, this world and the lower planets are Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O King, the sun-god and the sun planet divide all the directions of the universe. It is only because of the presence of the su..."

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