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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.21.1
etavan eva bhu-valayasya sannivesah pramana-laksanato vyakhyatah
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; etavan -- so much; eva -- certainly; bhu-valayasya sannivesah -- the arrangement of the whole universe; pramana-laksanatah -- according to measurement (fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles in width and length) and characteristics; vyakhyatah -- estimated.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, I have thus far described the diameter of the universe [fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles] and its general characteristics, according to the estimations of learned scholars.
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