SB 5.1.32

TEXT 32

TEXT

जम्बूप्लक्षशाल्मलिकुशक्रौञ्चशाकपुष्करसंज्ञास्तेषां परिमाणं पूर्वस्मात्पूर्वस्मादुत्तर उत्तरो यथासङ्ख्यं द्विगुणमानेन बहिः समन्तत उपकॢप्ताः. ॥ ३२ ॥

jambū-plaksa-salmali-kusa-kraunca-saka-puskara-samjnas tesam
parimanam pūrvasmat pūrvasmad uttara uttaro yatha-sahkhyam dvi-
guna-manena bahiḥ samantata upakḷptaḥ.

jambū-Jambū; plaksa-Plaksa; salmali-Salmali; kusa-Kusa; kraunca-Kraunca; saka-Saka; puskara-Puskara; samjnaḥ-known as; tesam-of them; parimanam-measurement; pūrvasmat pūrvasmat-from the former; uttaraḥ uttaraḥ-the following; yatha-according to; sahkhyam-number; dvi-guna-twice as much; manena-with a measure; bahiḥ-outside; samantataḥ-all around; upakḷptaḥ-produced.

TRANSLATION

The names of the islands are Jambū, Plaksa, Salmali, Kusa, Kraunca, Saka and Puskara. Each island is twice as large as the one preceding it, and each is surrounded by a liquid substance, beyond which is the next island.

PURPORT

The ocean in each planetary system has a different type of liquid. How they are situated is explained in the next verse.

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