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| Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.1
śrī-śuka uvāca
ataḥ paraḿ plakṣādīnāḿ pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa-saḿsthānato varṣa-vibhāga upavarṇyate
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ataḥ param — after this; plakṣa-ādīnām — of the island named Plakṣa and others; pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa-saḿsthānataḥ — from the angle of dimensions, particular characteristics and form; varṣa-vibhāgaḥ — the division of the island; upavarṇyate — is described.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Hereafter I shall describe the dimensions, characteristics and forms of the six islands beginning with the island of Plakṣa.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness