Bhagavatapurana 5.23.3

5.23.3

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yathā meḍhīstambha ākramaṇa-paśavaḥ saṃyojitās tribhis tribhiḥ savanair yathā-sthānaṃ maṇḍalāni caranty evaṃ bhagaṇā grahādaya etasminn antar-bahir-yogena kāla-cakra āyojitā dhruvam evāvalambya vāyunodīryamāṇā ākalpāntaṃ paricaṅ kramanti nabhasi yathā meghāḥ śyenādayo vāyu-vaśāḥ karma-sārathayaḥ parivartante evaṃ jyotirgaṇāḥ prakṛti-puruṣa-saṃyogānugṛhītāḥ karma-nirmita-gatayo bhuvi na patanti //

3. Just as oxen in treading corn stalks are tied to a central post and go round and round over the same ground, during all the three divisions of time (as they are driven by tillers); so also the

celestial bodies, planets and others fastened to the Kalachakra on the inside and outside, and having their hold upon Dhruva make their circuit in the sky to the end of kalpa, being impelled by Vayu (wind), in the same manner as the clouds, eagles and other birds do under the influence of the wind, and their Karma helped on jointly by Prakriti and Purusha who set them in motion owing to their Karma, they do not fall down to the Earth.