As the sun turns from its southern course and stands poised at the equinox, a profound measure of its orbit is revealed. At this moment, the sun’s path spans eighty-one hundred thousand yojanas. Moving toward the northern direction, the sun approaches the sixth continent, Śākadvīpa, and from the starting point, the distance is measured as one crore yojanas, with fifty-eight yojanas added to that total. Along this journey, there are notable features: the root, the sixth, and three sunrise paths known as Ajavīthi, each with their own significance. The space between the two beams is again declared, amounting to three hundred and thirty-three yojanas. The intervals between these beams and the lines, whether to the south or north, are each seventy-one yojanas less than the previous. This space is remembered as the distance between the lines and beams, both outer and inner, measured from the outside and also on the southern side, always in proper sequence. Just as the fire moves along the southern side, the distance here is seventeen thousand yojanas in total, with twenty-one yojanas more added. The diameter of this circle is thus prescribed as transverse. Like the potter’s wheel that quickly turns back at its limit, so too does the sun traverse the extended earth in a short time. Each day, the sun moves through thirteen and a half constellations. Yet, just as movement at the center of the potter’s wheel is slow, the sun traverses only a small distance on the ground over a long period, moving with sluggish progress. During the night, the sun passes through the stars in twelve moments. Just as a lump of clay at the wheel’s center revolves, so does Dhruva, the steadfast one. Between two wooden posts, the circles revolve, and Dhruva continues his rotation there. By day and night, the sun’s motion alternates between slow and swift. At night, its movement is sometimes swift, sometimes slow, traversing its path evenly and unevenly. Above them all, Agastya moves with speed, following the southern path of the serpent and the northern side of Lokāloka. As long as the solar radiance shines from behind, it illuminates what lies ahead. There rises a mountain, ten thousand yojanas in height, marking the boundary. Within this realm, the stars, moon, sun, planets, and constellations reside. This is the extent of the world; beyond it, there is no light. Lokāloka is established as it encircles the sun, forming the boundary between realms of light and darkness. The sages know the distinction between dawn and night, and the period after dawn is called day. By the command of Prajapati, those wicked beings are bound under a curse, completing the cosmic order as revealed.