Tout 2801
The Lord Instructs Sanitary Conviction
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CENTONVERSE
jyotiḥ-cakre —in the zodiac;  sūrya —of the sun;  yena —as;  phire —moves;  rātri-dine —the day and night;  sapta-dvīpa-ambudhi —the oceans of the islands;  laṅghi' —crossing;  phire —rotates;  krame krame —one after another.
TRANSLATION
“The sun moves across the zodiac day and night and crosses the oceans between the seven islands one after the other.
TEXT 3888
রাত্রি-দিনে হয়  ষষ্টিদণ্ড-পরিমাণ  ।।
তিনসবস্ত্র ছয়শত “পল” তার মান ।। ৩৮৮ ।।।
rātri-dine haya şaşṭi-daṇḍa-parimāṇa tina-sahasra chaya-śata ‘pala’ tāra māna
SYNONYMS
rātri-dine —during the whole day and night;  haya —there is;  ṣaṣṭi-daṇḍa —of sixty  daṇḍas  (a measure of time);  parimāṇa —duration;  tina-sahasra —three thousand;  chaya-śata —six hundred;  pala — palas ;  tāra —of that;  māna —measurement.
TRANSLATION
“According to Vedic astronomical calculations, the rotation of the sun consists of sixty daṇḍas, and it is divided into thirty-six hundred palas.
TEXT 389
সূর্যোদয় হৈতে ৰষ্টিপল-ক্ৰমোদয় ।।
সেই  এক  দণ্ড ,  অষ্ট দণ্ডে  “ প্রহর ” হয়  ॥ ৩৮৯ ॥ ।
sūryodaya haite şaşṭi-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 .