CC Madhya 20.389

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

CC Madhya 20.388

CC Madhya 20.390

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.