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Chapter 5: The Cause of All Causes

Verse 42 of 38
SB 2.5.42

भूर्लोकः कल्पितः पद्भ्यां भुवर्लोको ऽस्य नाभितः स्वर्लोकः कल्पितो मूर्ध्ना इति वा लोककल्पना

bhūrlokaḥ kalpitaḥ padbhyāṁ bhuvarloko 'sya nābhitaḥ svarlokaḥ kalpito mūrdhnā iti vā loka-kalpanā

Synonyms

bhūrlokaḥthe entire planetary system beginning from Pātāla to the earthly planetary system; kalpitaḥimagined; padbhyāmsituated on the legs; bhuvarlokaḥthe Bhuvarloka planetary system; asyaof the universal form of the Lord; nābhitaḥout of the navel abdomen; svarlokaḥthe higher planetary system beginning with the heavenly planets—kalpitaḥ—imagined; mūrdhnābeginning from the chest to the head; itithus; either; lokathe planetary systems; kalpanāimagination..

Translation

Others may divide the whole planetary system into three divisions, namely the lower planetary systems on the legs up to the earth, the middle planetary systems on the navel, and the upper planetary systems of Svarloka from the chest to the head of the Supreme Personality.

Purport

The three divisions of the complete planetary systems are here mentioned; fourteen are imagined by others, and that is also explained.

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