Gaayathre shadsankhyaamardhe

apaneethe dvayanke avasishtasthrayastheshu roopamapaneeya

dvayankaadha: soonyam sthaapyam

      In gayatri chandas, one pada has six letters. When this number is made half, it becomes three (i.e the pada can be divided into two). Remove one from three and make it half to get one. Remove one from it, thus gets the zero (Soonya).]]>