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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.7.26
bhumer mitratmajasate
SYNONYMS
upari -- on the head; adhah -- underneath; ca -- also; ye -- which; lokah -- planets; bhumeh -- of the earth; mitra-atmaja -- O son of Mitra (Maitreya Muni); asate -- do exist; tesham -- their; samstham -- situation; pramanam ca -- also their measurement; bhuh-lokasya -- of the earthly planets; ca -- also; varnaya -- please describe.
TRANSLATION
O son of Mitra, kindly describe how the planets are situated above the earth as well as underneath it, and also please mention their measurement as well as that of the earthly planets.
PURPORT
Yasmin vijnate sarvam evam vijnatam bhavati. This Vedic hymn declares emphatically that the devotee of the Lord knows everything material and spiritual in relationship with the Lord. Devotees are not simply emotional, as is ill conceived by certain less intelligent men. Their direction is practical. They know everything that is and all the details of the Lord's domination over the different creations.
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