ŚB 5.21.15
Devanagari
रथनीडस्तु षट्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायतस्तत्तुरीयभागविशालस्तावान् रविरथयुगो यत्र हयाश्छन्दोनामान: सप्तारुणयोजिता वहन्ति देवमादित्यम् ॥ १५ ॥
Verse text
ratha-nīḍas tu ṣaṭ-triṁśal-lakṣa-yojanāyatas tat-turīya-bhāga-viśālas tāvān ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayāś chando-nāmānaḥ saptāruṇa-yojitā vahanti devam ādityam.
Synonyms
ratha-nīḍaḥ — the interior of the chariot; tu — but; ṣaṭ-triṁśat-lakṣa-yojana-āyataḥ — 3,600,000 yojanas long; tat-turīya-bhāga — one quarter of that measure (900,000 yojanas); viśālaḥ — having a width; tāvān — so much also; ravi-ratha-yugaḥ — the yoke for the horses; yatra — where; hayāḥ — horses; chandaḥ-nāmānaḥ — having the different names of Vedic meters; sapta — seven; aruṇa-yojitāḥ — hooked up by Aruṇadeva; vahanti — carry; devam — the demigod; ādityam — the sun-god.
Translation
My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god’s chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas [28,800,000 miles] long and one-fourth as wide [900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles]. The chariot’s horses, which are named after Gāyatrī and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Aruṇadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.
Purport
In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa it is stated:
gāyatrī ca bṛhaty uṣṇig
jagatī triṣṭup eva ca
anuṣṭup paṅktir ity uktāś
chandāṁsi harayo raveḥ
jagatī triṣṭup eva ca
anuṣṭup paṅktir ity uktāś
chandāṁsi harayo raveḥ
The seven horses yoked to the sun-god’s chariot are named Gāyatrī, Bṛhati, Uṣṇik, Jagatī, Triṣṭup, Anuṣṭup and Paṅkti. These names of various Vedic meters designate the seven horses that carry the sun-god’s chariot.