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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.43
sūryānda-golayor madhye
SYNONYMS
anda-madhya-gatah — situated in the center of the universe; sūryah — the sun globe; dyāv-ābhūmyoh — the two planetary systems Bhūrloka and Bhuvarloka; yat — which; antaram — in between; sūrya — of the sun; anda-golayoh — and the globe of the universe; madhye — in the middle; kotyah — groups of ten million; syuh — are; pańca-vimśatih — twenty-five.
TRANSLATION
The sun is situated [vertically] in the middle of the universe, in the area between Bhūrloka and Bhuvarloka, which is called antariksha, outer space. The distance between the sun and the circumference of the universe is twenty-five koti yojanas [two billion miles].
PURPORT
The word koti means ten million, and a yojana is eight miles. The diameter of the universe is fifty koti yojanas (four billion miles). Therefore, since the sun is in the middle of the universe, the distance between the sun and the edge of the universe is calculated to be twenty-five koti yojanas (two billion miles).
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