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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.21.15
ratha-nidas tu sat-trimsal-laksa-yojanayatas tat-turiya-bhaga-visalas tavan ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayas chando-namanah saptaruna-yojita vahanti devam adityam
SYNONYMS
ratha-nidah -- the interior of the chariot; tu -- but; sat-trimsat-laksa-yojana-ayatah -- 3,600,000 yojanas long; tat-turiya-bhaga -- one quarter of that measure (900,000 yojanas); visalah -- having a width; tavan -- so much also; ravi-ratha-yugah -- the yoke for the horses; yatra -- where; hayah -- horses; chandah-namanah -- having the different names of Vedic meters; sapta -- seven; aruna-yojitah -- hooked up by Arunadeva; vahanti -- carry; devam -- the demigod; adityam -- the sun-god.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god's chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas [28,800,000 miles] long and one-fourth as wide [900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles]. The chariot's horses, which are named after Gayatri and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Arunadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.
PURPORT
In the Visnu Purana it is stated:
anustup panktir ity uktas
The seven horses yoked to the sun-god's chariot are named Gayatri, Brhati, Usnik, Jagati, Tristup, Anustup and Pankti. These names of various Vedic meters designate the seven horses that carry the sun-god's chariot.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness