Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 389 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.389

সূর্যোদয হৈতে ষষ্টিপলক্রমোদয সেই এক দণ্ড, অষ্ট দণ্ডে ঽপ্রহরঽ হয

सूर्योदय हैते षष्टिपलक्रमोदय सेइ एक दण्ड, अष्ट दण्डे ऽप्रहरऽ हय

sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe 'prahara' haya

Synonyms

sūrya-udaya haitebeginning from the sunrise; ṣaṣṭi-palasixty palas; krama-udayagradually rising higher and higher; seithat; eka daṇḍaone daṇḍa; aṣṭa daṇḍein eight daṇḍas; prahara hayathere is a prahara..

Translation

"The sun rises in steps consisting of sixty palas. Sixty palas equal one daṇḍa, and eight daṇḍas comprise one prahara.

Verse 389 of 399
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