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Chapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe

Verse 36 of 45
SB 5.20.36

लोकालोक इति समाख्या यदनेनाचलेन लोकालोकस्यान्तर्वर्तिनावस्थाप्यते.

lokāloka iti samākhyā yad anenācalena lokālokasyāntarvar-tināvasthāpyate.

Synonyms

lokawith light (or with inhabitants); alokaḥwithout light (or without inhabitants); itiin this way; samākhyādesignation; yatwhich; anenaby this; acalenamountain; lokaof the land inhabited by living entities; alokasyaand of the land not inhabited by living entities; antarvartināwhich is in the middle; avasthāpyateis established..

Translation

Between the lands inhabited by living entities and those that are uninhabited stands the great mountain which separates the two and which is therefore celebrated as Lokāloka.

Verse 36 of 45
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