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Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
CC Madhya 20.388
rātri-dine haya ṣaṣṭi-daṇḍa-parimāṇa
tina-sahasra chaya-śata ‘pala’ tāra māna
Word for word:
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.
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