नवयोजनसाहस्रं मण्डलं सवितुः स्मृतम् । द्विगुणं सूर्यविस्तारान्मण्डलं शशिनः स्मृतम्
navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savituḥ smṛtam | dviguṇaṃ sūryavistārānmaṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam
സവിതാവായ സൂര്യന്റെ മണ്ഡലം ഒൻപതിനായിരം യോജന അളവാണെന്ന് സ്മൃതം; ചന്ദ്രന്റെ മണ്ഡലം സൂര്യവ്യാപ്തിയുടെ ഇരട്ടിയാണെന്ന് പറയുന്നു।
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.