CC Madhya 20.389 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.388 - Madhya-līlā 20.390

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 389

sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya

sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe 'prahara' haya

SYNONYMS

sūrya-udaya haite—beginning from the sunrise; ṣaṣṭi-pala—sixty palas; krama-udaya—gradually rising higher and higher; sei—that; eka daṇḍa—one daṇḍa; aṣṭa daṇḍe—in eight daṇḍas; prahara haya—there is a prahara.

TRANSLATION

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

Madhya-līlā 20.388 - Madhya-līlā 20.390