Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.23.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

atha tasmāt paratas trayodaśa-laksha-yojanāntarato yat tad vishnoh paramam padam abhivadanti yatra ha mahā-bhāgavato dhruva auttānapādir agninendrena prajāpatinā kaśyapena dharmena ca samakāla-yugbhih sabahu-mānam dakshinatah kriyamāna idānīm api kalpa-jīvinām ājīvya upāste tasyehānubhāva upavarnitah

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukah uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; atha — thereupon; tasmāt — the sphere of the seven stars; paratah — beyond that; trayodaśa-laksha-yojana-antaratah — another 1,300,000 yojanas; yat — which; tat — that; vishnoh paramam padam — the supreme abode of Lord Vishnu, or the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu; abhivadanti — the Rig Veda mantras praise; yatra — on which; ha — indeed; mahā-bhāgavatah — the great devotee; dhruvah — Mahārāja Dhruva; auttānapādih — the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda; agninā — by the fire-god; indrena — by the heavenly King, Indra; prajāpatinā — by the Prajāpati; kaśyapena — by Kaśyapa; dharmena — by Dharmarāja; ca — also; samakāla-yugbhih — who are engaged at the time; sa-bahu-mānam — always respectfully; dakshinatah — on the right side; kriyamānah — being circumambulated; idānīm — now; api — even; kalpa-jīvinām — of the living entities who exist at the end of the creation; ājīvyah — the source of life; upāste — remains; tasya — his; iha — here; anubhāvah — greatness in discharging devotional service; upavarnitah — already described (in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam).

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas [10,400,000 miles] above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Vishnu. There the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living entities who live until the end of the creation. Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides toward him. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva [in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].

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