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TEXT 31
tato dhastat patale naga-loka-patayo vasuki-pramukhah sankha-kulika-mahasankha-sveta-dhananjaya-dhrtarastra-sankhacuda-kambalasvatara-devadattadayo maha-bhogino mahamarsa nivasanti yesam u ha vai panca-sapta-dasa-sata-sahasra-sirsanam phanasu viracita maha-manayo rocisnavah patala-vivara-timira-nikaram sva-rocisa vidhamanti.
SYNONYMS
tatah adhastatbeneath that planet Rasatala; pataleon the planet known as Patala; naga-loka-patayahthe masters of the Nagalokas; vasukiby Vasuki; pramukhahheaded; sankhaSankha; kulikaKulika; maha-sankhaMahasankha; svetaSveta; dhananjayaDhananjaya; dhrtarastraDhrtarastra; sankha-cudaSankhacuda; kambalaKambala; asvataraAsvatara; deva-dattaDevadatta; adayahand so on; maha-bhoginahvery addicted to material happiness; maha-amarsahgreatly envious by nature; nivasantilive; yesamof all of them; u hacertainly; vaiindeed; pancafive; saptaseven; dasaten; sataone hundred; sahasraone thousand; sirsanamof those possessing hoods; phanasuon those hoods; viracitahfixed; maha-manayahvery valuable gems; rocisnavahfull of effulgence; patala-vivarathe caves of the Patala planetary system; timira-nikaramthe mass of darkness; sva-rocisaby the effulgence of their hoods; vidhamantidisperse.
TRANSLATION
Beneath Rasatala is another planetary system, known as Patala or Nagaloka, where there are many demoniac serpents, the masters of Nagaloka, such as Sankha, Kulika, Mahasankha, Sveta, Dhananjaya, Dhrtarastra, Sankhacuda, Kambala, Asvatara and Devadatta. The chief among them is Vasuki. They are all extremely angry, and they have many, many hoodssome snakes five hoods, some seven, some ten, others a hundred and others a thousand. These hoods are bedecked with valuable gems, and the light emanating from the gems illuminates the entire planetary system of bila-svarga.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled The Subterranean Heavenly Planets.
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