नवयोजनसाहस्रं मण्डलं सवितुः स्मृतम् । द्विगुणं सूर्यविस्तारान्मण्डलं शशिनः स्मृतम्
navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savituḥ smṛtam | dviguṇaṃ sūryavistārānmaṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam
ಸವಿತೃ (ಸೂರ್ಯ) ಮಂಡಲವು ಒಂಬತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ ಯೋಜನ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವೆಂದು ಸ್ಮೃತವಾಗಿದೆ; ಚಂದ್ರಮಂಡಲವು ಸೂರ್ಯವಿಸ್ತಾರದ ದ್ವಿಗುಣವೆಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Two radiant discs suspended in a dark-blue cosmic field: the Sun as a blazing golden maṇḍala; the Moon as a cool silver disc shown as twice the Sun’s extent; subtle yojana-measure inscriptions on a sage’s palm-leaf diagram.
Measuring the heavens is presented as sacred knowledge, inspiring awe and humility before cosmic order.
None; it is a cosmological measurement.
None.