Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 388 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.388

রাত্রিদিনে হয ষষ্টিদণ্ডপরিমাণ তিনসহস্র ছযশত ঽপলঽ তার মান

रात्रिदिने हय षष्टिदण्डपरिमाण तिनसहस्र छयशत ऽपलऽ तार मान

rātri-dine haya ṣaṣṭi-daṇḍa-parimāṇa tina-sahasra chaya-śata 'pala' tāra māna

Synonyms

rātri-dineduring the whole day and night; hayathere is; ṣaṣṭi-daṇḍaof sixty daṇḍas (a measure of time); parimāṇaduration; tina-sahasrathree thousand; chaya-śatasix hundred; palapalas; tāraof that; mānameasurement..

Translation

"According to Vedic astronomical calculations, the rotation of the sun consists of sixty daṇḍas, and it is divided into thirty-six hundred palas.

Verse 388 of 399
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