Madhya 21.7

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অনন্ত বৈকুণ্ঠ-পরব্যোম যার দলশ্রেণী ।
সর্বোপরি কৃষ্ণলোক 'কর্ণিকার' গণি ॥ ৭ ॥

ananta vaikuntha-paravyoma yara dala-sreni

sarvopari krsnaloka 'karnikara' gani

SYNONYMS

ananta-unlimited; vaikuntha-Vaikuntha planets; para-vyoma-the spiritual sky; yara-of which; dala-sreni-the bunches of outlying petals; sarva-upari-in the topmost portion of the spiritual sky; krsna-loka-the abode of Lord Krsna; karnikara gani-we consider the whorl of the lotus flower.

TRANSLATION

"The shape of the spiritual sky is compared to a lotus flower. The topmost region of that flower is called the whorl, and within that whorl is Krsna's abode. The petals of the spiritual lotus flower consist of many Vaikuntha planets.