The number 108 is a special
number; there are 108 most essential transcendental qualities of a devotee;
there are 108 most important Upanishads and of all the gopis there are 108 who
are most loved by Krishna. The number 108 occurs in several other places of the
cosmos. Here are some further examples. The distance from the sun to the earth
is 108 times the diameter of the sun. The distance from the moon to the earth
is 108 times the diameter of the moon. The distance from the sun to the earth
is 10,800 yojanas. The Satya-yuga lasts 1.728.000 years (16 x 108), the
Treta-yuga 1.296.000 years (12 x 108), the Dvapara-yuga 864.000 years (8 x
108), and the Kali-yuga 432.000 years (4 x 108).
