तत उत्तरस्मादृषय एकादशलक्षयोजनान्तर उपलभ्यन्ते य एव लोकानां शमनुभावयन्तो भगवतो विष्णोर्यत्परमं पदं प्रदक्षिणं प्रक्रमन्ति ॥ १७ ॥
tata uttarasmad rsaya ekadasa-laksa-yojanantara upalabhyante ya eva lokanam sam anubhavayanto bhagavato visnor yat paramam padam pradaksinam prakramanti.
- tatah
- the planet Saturn
- uttarasmat
- above
- rsayah
- great saintly sages
- ekadasa-laksa-yojana-antare
- at a distance of 1,100,000 yojanas
- upalabhyante
- are situated
- ye
- all of them
- eva
- indeed
- lokanam
- for all the inhabitants of the universe
- sam
- the good fortune
- anubhavayantah
- always thinking of
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- visnoh
- Lord Visnu
- yat
- which
- paramam padam
- the supreme abode
- pradaksinam
- placing on the right
- prakramanti
- circumambulate
Situated 8,800,000 miles above Saturn, or 20,800,000 miles above earth, are the seven saintly sages, who are always thinking of the well-being of the inhabitants of the universe. They circumambulate the supreme abode of Lord Visnu, known as Dhruvaloka, the polestar.