Chapter
21:
The
Reality of the Sungod Sûrya
(15)
The
inside of the vehicle measuring 3.6 million yojana's long
is but a quarter of it as wide, it is pulled by seven
horses named to the vedic meters
[Gâyatrî, Brhati, Usnik, Jagatî,
Tristup, Anustup and
Pankti]
that
are hooked up by Arunadeva to a yoke equally long, in
order to carry the god of the sun. [the actual
diameter of the sun itself is 1.392 million
kilometers].
Chapter
22:The
movement of the Planets and their Considered Effects
(3)
That
cause, this supremely powerful original person directly
seen as Nârâyana the Supersoul of the three
Veda's, who is there for the benefit and karmic
purification of all the worlds, is the cause which all
the saintly and all vedic knowing is inquiring after; He
arranges for the twelve divisions of the year and,
according to what was enjoyed before, for the different
qualities to the sixfold of the seasons beginning with
spring.
Chapter
23:
Description
of the Stars of Sisumâra, our Coiling
Galaxy
(4)
Some
imagine this great wheel of planets and stars to be a
sisumâra [a dolphin] and do, concentrated
in yoga, describe it as [the visible of] the
Supreme Lord Vâsudeva [see also a
picture
of the celestial sky
as factually seen in a telescope].
Chapter
24:
The
Nether Worlds
(23) To that which was
done by the Supreme Lord who by no other means can be
perceived, namely the taking away of the three worlds by
means of the trick of begging [three steps of
land] so that nothing remained but his own body which
was then completely bound by the ropes of Varuna and
detained in a mountain cave, he thus factually said:
Chapter
25:
The
Glories of Lord Ananta
(3)
Of
His desire to, in due course of time, by anger destroy
this so very beautiful spinning world, is indeed from
between His eyebrows a Rudra [an incarnation of Lord
S'iva] named to Sankarshana formed from which eleven
three-eyed expansions upholding pointed tridents
arose.
(7)
Being
constantly meditated upon by the scores of the
enlightened and unenlightened, the semi-divine snakelike,
the perfected, the heavenly singers and the ones founded
in knowledge and the wise, does he, delighted under the
influence roll His eyes to and fro. By the nectar of a
fine choice of words and sweet song are His associates,
the leaders of the different groups of intelligence,
pleasing Him whose luster never fades, who is ever fresh
with the fragrance of the tulsi blossoms that with their
honey madden the bees about His thus even more beautiful
vaijayantî
flowergarland.
Clad in blue with only one earring and the beauty of His
auspicious hands placed on the handle of His plow is He,
wearing a golden belt, engaged in transcendental pastimes
being the Supreme Lord in person, as invincible as
Indra's elephant.
Chapter
26:
The
Hellish Worlds or the Karmic Rebound
(30) Furthermore,
anyone also who in his life but by false pride proved
himself degraded before a more honorable one of good
birth, austerity, knowledge, good behavior and loyalty to
the principles, not showing much of respect, is a dead
man alive who after dying head down is thrown into the
hell of Ksarakardama
[the 'pool of acrid
mud']
to suffer indeed the most painful conditions.
