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Chapter 24: The Subterranean Heavenly Planets

Verse 6 of 31
SB 5.24.6

ततो ऽधस्ताच्छतयोजनान्तर इयं पृथिवी यावद्धंसभास श्येनसुपर्णादयः पतत्त्रिप्रवरा उत्पतन्तीति.

tato 'dhastāc chata-yojanāntara iyaṁ pṛthivī yāvad dhaṁsa-bhāsa- śyena-suparṇādayaḥ patattri-pravarā utpatantīti.

Synonyms

tataḥ adhastātbeneath that; śata-yojanaof one hundred yojanas; antareby an interval; iyamthis; pṛthivīplanet earth; yāvatas high as; haṁsaswans; bhāsavultures; śyenaeagles; suparṇa-ādayaḥand other birds; patattri-pravarāḥthe chief among birds; utpatantican fly; itithus..

Translation

Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly.

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