Text 389] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 219

SYNONYMS
jyotih-cakre—in the zodiac; sGrya—of the sun; yena—as; phire—moves; rdatri-
dine—the day and night; sapta-dvipa-ambudhi—the oceans of the islands;
langhi’—crossing; phire—rotates; krame krame—one after another.

TRANSLATION

“The sun moves across the zodiac day and night and crosses the oceans be-
tween the seven islands one after the other.

TEXT 388

atfe-feca ax afere-rifaate |
FSaRAsey IIS “Ha? SlA het Ov 1

ratri-dine haya sasti-danda-parimana
tina-sahasra chaya-Sata ‘pala’ tara mana

SYNONYMS

ratri-dine—during the whole day and night; haya—there is; sasti-danda—of
sixty dandas (a measure of time); parimana—duration; tina-sahasra—three thou-
sand; chaya-sata—six hundred; pala—palas; tara—of that; mana—measurement.

TRANSLATION

“According to Vedic astronomical calculations, the rotation of the sun con-
sists of sixty dandas, and it is divided into thirty-six hundred palas.

TEXT 389

WeAiTN (RCS AALT-wCAIT |
CHE GF FO, WD HOS ‘MEM BA | ord I

stryodaya haite sasti-pala-kramodaya
sei eka danda, asta dande ‘prahara’ haya

SYNONYMS
surya-udaya haite—beginning from the sunrise; sasti-pala—sixty palas; krama-
udaya—gradually rising higher and higher; sei—that; eka danda—one danda; asta
dande—in eight dandas; prahara haya—there is a prahara.
