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SB 5.21.15
ratha-nidas tu sat-trimsal-laksa-yojanayatas tat-turiya-bhaga-visalas tavan ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayas chando-namanah saptaruna-yojita vahanti devam adityam.
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
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 Gayatri and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Arunadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.
Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
In the Visnu Purana it is stated:
gayatri ca brhaty usnig
jagati tristup eva ca
anustup panktir ity uktas
chandamsi harayo raveh
The seven horses yoked to the sun-god’s chariot are named Gayatri, Brhati, Usnik, Jagati, Tristup, Anustup and Pankti. These names of various Vedic meters designate the seven horses that carry the sun-god’s chariot.