CC Madhya 20.389
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 389
সূর্যোদয় হৈতে ষষ্টিপল-ক্রমোদয় ।
সেই এক দণ্ড, অষ্ট দণ্ডে ‘প্রহর’ হয় ॥ ৩৮৯ ॥
সেই এক দণ্ড, অষ্ট দণ্ডে ‘প্রহর’ হয় ॥ ৩৮৯ ॥
sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya
sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe ‘prahara’ haya
sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe ‘prahara’ haya
Word by word
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.”