SB 5.22.16 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तत उपरिष्टाद्योजनलक्षद्वयात्प्रतीयमान: शनैश्चर एकैकस्मिन् राशौ त्रिंशन्मासान् विलम्बमान: सर्वानेवानुपर्येति तावद्भ‍िरनुवत्सरै: प्रायेण हि सर्वेषामशान्तिकर: ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

tata upariṣṭād yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt pratīyamānaḥ śanaiścara ekaikasmin rāśau triṁśan māsān vilambamānaḥ sarvān evānuparyeti tāvadbhir anuvatsaraiḥ prāyeṇa hi sarveṣām aśāntikaraḥ.

Synonyms

tataḥ — that (Jupiter) ; upariṣṭāt — above ; yojana — lakṣa — dvayāt — by a distance of 1,600,000 miles ; pratīyamānaḥ — is situated ; śanaiścaraḥ — the planet Saturn ; eka — ekasmin — in one after another ; rāśau — zodiac signs ; triṁśat māsān — for a period of thirty months in each ; vilam — bamānaḥ — lingering ; sarvān — all twelve signs of the zodiac ; eva — certainly ; anuparyeti — passes through ; tāvadbhiḥ — by so many ; anuvatsaraiḥ — Anuvatsaras ; prāyeṇa — almost always ; hi — indeed ; sarveṣām — to all the inhabitants ; aśāntikaraḥ — very troublesome .

Translation

Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Above Jupiter by 200,000 yojanas is Saturn, which travels slowly through one zodiac sign in thirty months. In this way it travels through all twelve signs in thirty anuvatsaras. [Note: Anuvatsara sometimes means the lunar year, but here probably means simply a solar year.] It is generally inauspicious for all people. From the earth Saturn is 1,500,000 yojanas.