Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.24.13

adho 'surāṇāḿ nāgānāḿ

bhūmer oko 'sṛjat prabhuḥ

tri-lokyāḿ gatayaḥ sarvāḥ

karmaṇāḿ tri-guṇātmanām

SYNONYMS

adhaḥ — below; asurāṇām — of the demons; nāgānām — of the celestial snakes; bhūmeḥ — from the earth; okaḥ — the residence; asṛjat — created; prabhuḥ — Lord Brahmā; tri-lokyām — of the three worlds; gatayaḥ — the destinations; sarvāḥ — all; karmaṇām — of fruitive activities; tri-guṇa-ātmanām — partaking of the three modes.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahmā created the region below the earth for the demons and the Nāga snakes. In this way the destinations of the three worlds were arranged as the corresponding reactions for different kinds of work performed within the three modes of nature.

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