Āditya-vyūha-kīrtana
Praise/Account of the Solar Array and Celestial Motions
अशीतिर्मण्डलशतं काष्ठयोरन्तरं स्मृतम् / ध्रुवेण मुच्यमानाभ्यां रश्मिभ्यां पुनरेव तु
aśītirmaṇḍalaśataṃ kāṣṭhayorantaraṃ smṛtam / dhruveṇa mucyamānābhyāṃ raśmibhyāṃ punareva tu
The interval between the two kāṣṭhās is remembered as ‘aśīti-maṇḍala-śata’—eight thousand; and by the two rays released by Dhruva, it comes to pass again.