एवं मुहूर्तेन चतुस्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनान्यष्टशताधिकानि सौरो रथस्त्रयीमयोऽसौ चतसृषु परिवर्तते पुरीषु ॥ १२ ॥
evam muhurtena catus-trimsal-laksa-yojanany asta-satadhikani sauro rathas trayimayo ’sau catasrsu parivartate purisu.
- evam
- thus
- muhurtena
- in a muhurta (forty-eight minutes)
- catuh-trimsat
- thirty-four
- laksa
- hundred thousands
- yojanani
- yojanas
- asta-satadhikani
- increased by eight hundred
- saurah rathah
- the chariot of the sun-god
- trayi-mayah
- which is worshiped by the Gayatri mantra (om bhur bhuvah svah tat savitur, etc.)
- asau
- that
- catasrsu
- to the four
- parivartate
- he moves
- purisu
- through different residential quarters
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.