SB 5.1.31
TEXT 31
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TEXT
ये वा उ ह तद्रथचरणनेमिकृतपरिखातास्ते सप्त सिन्धव आसन्यत एव कृताः सप्त भुवो द्वीपाः. ॥ ३१ ॥
ye va u ha tad-ratha-carana-nemi-krta-parikhatas te sapta sindhava
asan yata eva krtaḥ sapta bhuvo dvipaḥ. ye-that; va u ha-certainly; tat-ratha-of his chariot; carana-of the wheels; nemi-by the rims; krta-made; parikhataḥ-trenches; te-those; sapta-seven; sindhavaḥ-oceans; asan-became; yataḥ-because of which; eva-certainly; krtaḥ-were made; sapta-seven; bhuvaḥ-of the Bhū-manḍala; dvipaḥ-islands.
TRANSLATION
When Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, the rims of his chariot wheels created impressions that later became seven oceans, dividing the planetary system known as Bhū-manḍala into seven islands.
PURPORT
Sometimes the planets in outer space are called islands. We have experience of various types of islands in the ocean, and similarly the various planets, divided into fourteen lokas, are islands in the ocean of space. As Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, he created seven different types of oceans and planetary systems, which altogether are known as Bhū-manḍala, or Bhūloka. In the Gayatri mantra, we chant, om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur varenyam. Above the Bhuloka planetary system is Bhuvarloka, and above that is Svargaloka, the heavenly planetary system. All these planetary systems are controlled by Savita, the sun-god. By chanting the Gayatri mantra just after rising early in the morning, one worships the sun-god.
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