Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.31

tato 'dhastāt pātāle nāga-loka-patayo vāsuki-pramukhāh śańkha-kulika-mahāśańkha-śveta-dhanañjaya-dhritarāshtra-śańkhacūda-kambalāśvatara-devadattādayo mahā-bhogino mahāmarshā nivasanti yeshām u ha vai pañca-sapta-daśa-śata-sahasra-śīrshānām phanāsu viracitā mahā-manayo rocishnavah pātāla-vivara-timira-nikaram sva-rocishā vidhamanti

SYNONYMS

tatah adhastāt — beneath that planet Rasātala; pātāle — on the planet known as Pātāla; nāga-loka-patayah — the masters of the Nāgalokas; vāsuki — by Vāsuki; pramukhāh — headed; śańkha — Śańkha; kulika — Kulika; mahā-śańkha — Mahāśańkha; śveta — Śveta; dhanañjaya — Dhanañjaya; dhritarāshtra — Dhritarāshtra; śańkha-cūda — Śańkhacūda; kambala — Kambala; aśvatara — Aśvatara; deva-datta — Devadatta; ādayah — and so on; mahā-bhoginah — very addicted to material happiness; mahā-amarshāh — greatly envious by nature; nivasanti — live; yeshām — of all of them; u ha — certainly; vai — indeed; pañca — five; sapta — seven; daśa — ten; śata — one hundred; sahasra — one thousand; śīrshānām — of those possessing hoods; phanāsu — on those hoods; viracitāh — fixed; mahā-manayah — very valuable gems; rocishnavah — full of effulgence; pātāla-vivara — the caves of the Pātāla planetary system; timira-nikaram — the mass of darkness; sva-rocishā — by the effulgence of their hoods; vidhamanti — disperse.

TRANSLATION

Beneath Rasātala is another planetary system, known as Pātāla or Nāgaloka, where there are many demoniac serpents, the masters of Nāgaloka, such as Śańkha, Kulika, Mahāśańkha, Śveta, Dhanañjaya, Dhritarāshtra, Śańkhacūda, Kambala, Aśvatara and Devadatta. The chief among them is Vāsuki. They are all extremely angry, and they have many, many hoods — some snakes five hoods, some seven, some ten, others a hundred and others a thousand. These hoods are bedecked with valuable gems, and the light emanating from the gems illuminates the entire planetary system of bila-svarga.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Subterranean Heavenly Planets."

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