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ŚB 5.22.16

तत उपरिष्टाद्योजनलक्षद्वयात्प्रतीयमान: शनैश्चर एकैकस्मिन् राशौ त्रिंशन्मासान् विलम्बमान: सर्वानेवानुपर्येति तावद्भ‍िरनुवत्सरै: प्रायेण हि सर्वेषामशान्तिकर: ॥ १६ ॥
tata upariṣṭād yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt pratīyamānaḥ śanaiścara ekaikasmin rāśau triṁśan māsān vilambamānaḥ sarvān evānuparyeti tāvadbhir anuvatsaraiḥ prāyeṇa hi sarveṣām aśāntikaraḥ.

Synonyms

tataḥthat (Jupiter); upariṣṭātabove; yojana-lakṣa-dvayātby a distance of 1,600,000 miles; pratīyamānaḥis situated; śanaiścaraḥthe planet Saturn; eka-ekasminin one after another; rāśauzodiac signs; triṁśat māsānfor a period of thirty months in each; vilam-bamānaḥlingering; sarvānall twelve signs of the zodiac; evacertainly; anuparyetipasses through; tāvadbhiḥby so many; anuvatsaraiḥAnuvatsaras; prāyeṇaalmost always; hiindeed; sarveṣāmto all the inhabitants; aśāntikaraḥvery 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.