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परिणाहेन षट्त्रिंशद्विपुलत्वेन चानघ । षष्टिमाहुः शतान्यस्य बुधाः पौराणिकास्तथा॥६-१३-४१॥
O blameless one, the Purāṇic sages declare that (Rāhu) measures thirty-six (hundreds) in circumference and sixty (hundreds) in breadth.
english translation
चन्द्रमास्तु सहस्राणि राजन्नेकादश स्मृतः । विष्कम्भेण कुरुश्रेष्ठ त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु मण्डलम् । एकोनषष्टिर्वैपुल्याच्छीतरश्मेर्महात्मनः॥६-१३-४२॥
The Moon, O king, is remembered as eleven thousand (in measure). In diameter, O best of the Kurus, its disc is thirty-three (hundreds); and in breadth, the great-souled, cool-rayed Moon is said to be fifty-nine (hundreds).
english translation
सूर्यस्त्वष्टौ सहस्राणि द्वे चान्ये कुरुनन्दन । विष्कम्भेण ततो राजन्मण्डलं त्रिंशतं समम्॥६-१३-४३॥
The Sun, O delight of the Kurus, measures eight thousand and two hundred. Then, O king, its disc is uniformly thirty (hundreds) in diameter.
english translation
अष्टपञ्चाशतं राजन्विपुलत्वेन चानघ । श्रूयते परमोदारः पतंगोऽसौ विभावसुः । एतत्प्रमाणमर्कस्य निर्दिष्टमिह भारत॥६-१३-४४॥
And in breadth, O king—O blameless one—the illustrious, far-radiant “winged one,” Vibhāvasu (the Sun), is heard to be fifty-eight (hundreds). This is the measure of Arka (the Sun) set forth here, O Bhārata.
english translation
स राहुश्छादयत्येतौ यथाकालं महत्तया । चन्द्रादित्यौ महाराज संक्षेपोऽयमुदाहृतः॥६-१३-४५॥
That Rāhu covers these two—the Moon and the Sun—at the proper times, by virtue of his magnitude. O great king, this has been stated in summary.
english translation