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
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.