Ādi 5.111

TEXT 111

TEXT

তাঁহা ক্ষীরোদধি-মধ্যে 'শ্বেতদ্বীপ' নাম ।
পালয়িতা বিষ্ণু,-তাঁর সেই নিজ ধাম ॥ ১১১ ॥

taṅha ksirodadhi-madhye 'svetadvipa' nama

palayita visnu,-taṅra sei nija dhama

SYNONYMS

taṅha-within that; ksira-udadhi-madhye-in part of the ocean known as the ocean of milk; sveta-dvipa nama-the island named Svetadvipa; palayita visnu-the maintainer, Lord Visnu; taṅra-of Him; sei-that; nija dhama-own residential quarters.

TRANSLATION

There, in part of the ocean of milk, lies Svetadvipa, the abode of the sustainer, Lord Visnu.

PURPORT

In the Siddhanta-siromani, an astrological text, the different oceans are described as follows: (1) the ocean of salt, (2) the ocean of milk, (3) the ocean of curd, (4) the ocean of clarified butter, (5) the ocean of sugar cane juice, (6) the ocean of liquor and (7) the ocean of sweet water. On the southern side of the ocean of salt is the ocean of milk, where Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu resides. He is worshiped there by demigods like Brahma.

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