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| Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation | Chapter 5: The Cause of All Causes |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.42
bhuvarloko 'sya nabhitah
SYNONYMS
bhurlokah -- the entire planetary system from Patala to the earthly planetary system; kalpitah -- imagined; padbhyam -- situated on the legs; bhuvarlokah -- the Bhuvarloka planetary system; asya -- of the universal form of the Lord; nabhitah -- out of the navel abdomen; svarlokah -- the higher planetary system, beginning with the heavenly planets; kalpitah -- imagined; murdhna -- from the chest to the head; iti -- thus; va -- either; loka -- the planetary systems; kalpana -- imagination.
TRANSLATION
Others may divide the whole planetary system into three divisions, namely the lower planetary systems on the legs [up to the earth], the middle planetary systems on the navel, and the upper planetary systems [Svarloka] from the chest to the head of the Supreme Personality.
PURPORT
The three divisions of the complete planetary systems are here mentioned; fourteen are imagined by others, and that is also explained.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Fifth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "The Cause of All Causes."
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness