Above the moon at a distance of 300,000 yojanas, inspired by the Lord, the constellations, twenty-eight in number with Abhijit, move clockwise around Meru n the wheel of time. 


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Above the moon at a distance of 300,000 yojanas, inspired by the Lord, the constellations, twenty-eight in number with Abhijit, move clockwise around Meru n the wheel of time.

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The moon with its waxing and waning phases, creates day for the devatās during the waxing phases, and creates day for the Pitṛs during the waning phases. The moon called life itself, supporting the life of all beings, passes through one constellation in thirty muhūrtas (one day).

The waxing and waning phases are day and night for the devatās, and night and day for the Pitṛs. This means the waxing phase is suitable for worship of devatās and the waning phase is suitable for worship of Pitṛs. The moon is the life of all beings because it produces food in the form of plants. Śruti says annaṁ hi prāṇināṁ prāṇāḥ: food is the life of all beings.[64] The moon is called jīvaḥ because it is made of immortal nectar necessary for living.

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ya eṣa ṣoḍaśa-kalaḥ puruṣo bhagavān manomayo 'nnamayo 'mṛtamayo deva-pitṛ-manuṣya-bhūta-paśu-pakṣi-sarīsṛpa-vīrudhāṁ prāṇāpy āyana-śīlatvāt sarvamaya iti varṇayanti.

They describe the moon composed of sixteen phases to be the Supreme Lord, the mind, food, nectar, and the life of devatās, Pitṛs, humans, ghosts, animals, birds and reptiles and to be all-pervading, since it is the cause of all life.

The moon is called manomayaḥ because it is the presiding deity of the mind.

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tata upariṣṭād tri-lakṣa-yojanato nakṣatrāṇi meruṁ dakṣiṇenaiva kālāyana īśvara-yojitāni sahābhijitāṣṭā-viṁśatiḥ.

The constellations will be 500,000 yojanas above the earth.[65] They do not have a different motion, but move clockwise also. Kālāyane means in the wheel of time. Śruti says abhijin nāma-nakṣātram upariṣṭād āṣāḍhānām adhastāc chroṇāyāḥ: Abhjit constellation is composed of the last part of Āṣāḍhā and the first part of Śravaṇā constellations. The astronomical works also confirm this: Abhijit is the last part of Āṣādḥa and the first part of Śravaṇā, consisting of four daṇḍas.  

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