तस्मिन्नक्षे कृतमूलो द्वितीयोऽक्षस्तुर्यमानेन सम्मितस्तैलयन्त्राक्षवद् ध्रुवे कृतोपरिभाग: ॥ १४ ॥
tasminn akse krtamulo dvitiyo ’ksas turyamanena sammitas taila-yantraksavad dhruve krtopari-bhagah.
- tasmin akse
- in that axle
- krta-mulah
- whose base is fixed
- dvitiyah
- a second
- aksah
- axle
- turyamanena
- by one fourth
- sammitah
- measured
- taila-yantra-aksa-vat
- like the axle of an oil-pressing machine
- dhruve
- to Dhruvaloka
- krta
- fixed
- upari-bhagah
- upper portion.
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.