Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.389

sūryodaya haite shashti-pala-kramodaya

sei eka danda, ashta dande 'prahara' haya

SYNONYMS

sūrya-udaya haite — beginning from the sunrise; shashti-pala — sixty palas; krama-udaya — gradually rising higher and higher; sei — that; eka danda — one danda; ashta dandein eight dandas; prahara haya — there is a prahara.

TRANSLATION

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

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