tasya mūla-deśe triṁśad-yojana-sahasrāntara āste yā vai kalā bhagavatas tāmasī samākhyātānanta iti sātvatīyā draṣṭṛ-dṛśyayoḥ saṅkarṣaṇam aham ity abhimāna-lakṣaṇaṁ yaṁ saṅkarṣaṇam ity ācakṣate.

sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; tasya-of the planet Patala; mula-dese-in the region beneath the base; trimsat-thirty; yojana-eight-mile units of measurement; sahasra-antare-at an interval of one thousand; aste-remains; ya-which; vai-indeed; kala-an expansion of an expansion; bhagavatah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tamasi-related to darkness; samakhyata-called; anantah-Ananta; iti-thus; satvatiyah-the devotees; drastr-drsyayoh-of matter and spirit; saṅkarsanam-the drawing together; aham-I; iti-thus; abhimana-by self-conception; laksanam-symptomized; yam-whom; saṅkarsanam-Saṅkarsana; iti-thus; acaksate-learned scholars describe.