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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.42
yo 'ntar-vistāra etena hy aloka-parimānam ca vyākhyātam yad bahir lokālokācalāt; tatah parastād yogeśvara-gatim viśuddhām udāharanti
SYNONYMS
yah — that which; antah-vistārah — the distance inside Lokāloka Mountain; etena — by this; hi — indeed; aloka-parimānam — the width of the tract of land known as Aloka-varsha; ca — and; vyākhyātam — described; yat — which; bahih — outside; lokāloka-acalāt — beyond Lokāloka Mountain; tatah — that; parastāt — beyond; yogeśvara-gatim — the path of Yogeśvara (Krishna) in penetrating the coverings of the universe; viśuddhām — without material contamination; udāharanti — they say.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, outside Lokāloka Mountain is the tract of land known as Aloka-varsha, which extends for the same breadth as the area within the mountain — in other words, 125,000,000 yojanas [one billion miles]. Beyond Aloka-varsha is the destination of those who aspire for liberation from the material world. It is beyond the jurisdiction of the material modes of nature, and therefore it is completely pure. Lord Krishna took Arjuna through this place to bring back the sons of the brāhmana.
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