स हि सर्वेषां ज्योतिर्गणानां ग्रहनक्षत्रादीनामनिमिषेणाव्यक्तरंहसा भगवता कालेन भ्राम्यमाणानां स्थाणुरिवावष्टम्भ ईश्वरेण विहित: शश्वदवभासते ॥ २ ॥
sa hi sarvesam jyotir-gananam graha-naksatradinam animisenavyakta-ramhasa bhagavata kalena bhramyamananam sthanur ivavastambha isvarena vihitah sasvad avabhasate.
- sah
- that planet of Dhruva Maharaja
- hi
- indeed
- sarvesam
- of all
- jyotih-gananam
- the luminaries
- graha-naksatra-adinam
- such as the planets and stars
- animisena
- who does not rest
- avyakta
- inconceivable
- ramhasa
- whose force
- bhagavata
- the most powerful
- kalena
- by the time factor
- bhramyamananam
- being caused to revolve
- sthanuh iva
- like a post
- avastambhah
- the pivot
- isvarena
- by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vihitah
- established
- sasvat
- constantly
- avabhasate
- shines
Established by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the polestar, which is the plane of Maharaja Dhruva, constantly shines as the central pivot for all the stars and planes. The unsleeping, invisible, most powerful time factor causes these luminaries to revolve around the polestar without cessation.