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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.38
etāvān loka-vinyāso māna-lakshana-samsthābhir vicintitah kavibhih sa tu pańcāśat-koti-ganitasya bhū-golasya turīya-bhāgo 'yam lokālokācalah
SYNONYMS
etāvān — this much; loka-vinyāsah — the placing of the different planets; māna — with measurements; lakshana — symptoms; samsthābhih — as well as with their different situations; vicintitah — established by scientific calculations; kavibhih — by learned scholars; sah — that; tu — but; pańcāśat-koti — 500,000,000 yojanas; ganitasya — which is measured at; bhū-golasya — of the planetary system known as Bhūgolaka; turīya-bhāgah — one fourth; ayam — this; lokāloka-acalah — the mountain known as Lokāloka.
TRANSLATION
Learned scholars who are free from mistakes, illusions and propensities to cheat have thus described the planetary systems and their particular symptoms, measurements and locations. With great deliberation, they have established the truth that the distance between Sumeru and the mountain known as Lokāloka is one fourth of the diameter of the universe — or, in other words, 125,000,000 yojanas [1 billion miles].
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura has given accurate astronomical information about the location of Lokāloka Mountain, the movements of the sun globe and the distance between the sun and the circumference of the universe. However, the technical terms used in the astronomical calculations given by the Jyotir Veda are difficult to translate into English. Therefore to satisfy the reader, we may include the exact Sanskrit statement given by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, which records exact calculations regarding universal affairs.
sa tu lokālokas tu bhū-golakasya bhū-sambandhānda-golakasyety arthah; sūryasy eva bhuvo 'py anda-golakayor madhya-vartitvāt kha-golam iva bhū-golam api pańcāśat-koti-yojana-pramānam tasya turīya-bhāgah sārdha-dvādaśa-koti-yojana-vistārocchrāya ity arthah bhūs tu catus-trimśal-lakshonapańcāśat-koti-pramānā jńeyā; yathā meru-madhyān mānasottara-madhya-paryantam sārdha-sapta-pańcāśal-lakshottara-koti-yojana-pramānam; mānasottara-madhyāt svādūdaka-samudra-paryantam shan-navati-laksha-yojana-pramānam tatah kāńcanī-bhūmih sārdha-sapta-pańcāśal-lakshottara-koti-yojana-pramānā evam ekato meru-lokālokayor antarālam ekādaśa-śal-lakshādhika-catush-koti-parimitam anyato 'pi tathatyeto lokālokāl loka-paryantam sthānam dvāvimśati-lakshottarāshta-koti-parimitam lokālokād bahir apy ekatah etāvad eva anyato 'py etāvad eva yad vakshyate, yo 'ntar-vistāra etena hy aloka-parimānam ca vyākhyātam yad-bahir lokālokācalād ity ekato lokālokah sārdha-dvādaśa-koti-yojana-parimānah anyato 'pi sa tathety evam catus-trimśal-lakshonapańcāśat-koti-pramānā bhūh sābdhi-dvīpa-parvatā jńeyā; ata evānda-golakāt sarvato dikshu sapta-daśa-laksha-yojanāvakāśe vartamāne sati prithivyāh śesha-nāgena dhāranam dig-gajaiś ca niścalī-karanam sārthakam bhaved anyathā tu vyākhyāntare pańcāśat-koti-pramānatvād anda-golaka-lagnatve tat tat sarvam akińcit-karam syāt cākshushe manvantare cākasmāt majjanam śrī-varāha-devenotthāpanam ca durghatam syād ity adikam vivecanīyam.
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