तत उपरिष्टाद्विलक्षयोजनान्तरगता भगवान् बृहस्पतिरेकैकस्मिन् राशौ परिवत्सरं परिवत्सरं चरति यदि न वक्र: स्यात्प्रायेणानुकूलो ब्राह्मणकुलस्य ॥ १५ ॥
tata uparistad dvi-laksa-yojanantara-gata bhagavan brhaspatir ekaikasmin rasau parivatsaram parivatsaram carati yadi na vakrah syat prayenanukulo brahmana-kulasya.
- tatah
- that (Mars)
- uparistat
- above
- dvi-laksa-yojana-antara-gatah
- situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles
- bhagavan
- the most powerful planet
- brhaspatih
- Jupiter
- eka-ekasmin
- in one after another
- rasau
- sign
- parivatsaram parivatsaram
- for the period of Parivatsara
- carati
- moves
- yadi
- if
- na
- not
- vakrah
- curved
- syat
- becomes
- prayena
- almost always
- anukulah
- very favorable
- brahmana-kulasya
- to the brahmanas of the universe
Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the plane Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the plane Jupiter is very favorable to the brahmanas of the universe.