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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.21.15
ratha-nīdas tu shat-trimśal-laksha-yojanāyatas tat-turīya-bhāga-viśālas tāvān ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayāś chando-nāmānah saptāruna-yojitā vahanti devam ādityam
SYNONYMS
ratha-nīdah — the interior of the chariot; tu — but; shat-trimśat-laksha-yojana-āyatah — 3,600,000 yojanas long; tat-turīya-bhāga — one quarter of that measure (900,000 yojanas); viśālah — having a width; tāvān — so much also; ravi-ratha-yugah — the yoke for the horses; yatra — where; hayāh — horses; chandah-nāmānah — having the different names of Vedic meters; sapta — seven; aruna-yojitāh — hooked up by Arunadeva; vahanti — carry; devam — the demigod; ādityam — 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 Gāyatrī 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 Vishnu Purāna it is stated:
anushtup pańktir ity uktāś
The seven horses yoked to the sun-god's chariot are named Gāyatrī, Brihati, Ushnik, Jagatī, Trishtup, Anushtup and Pańkti. These names of various Vedic meters designate the seven horses that carry the sun-god's chariot.
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