SB 5.24.6

TEXT 6

TEXT

ततो ऽधस्ताच्छतयोजनान्तर इयं पृथिवी यावद्धंसभासश्येनसुपर्णादयः पतत्त्रिप्रवरा उत्पतन्तीति. ॥ ६ ॥

tato 'dhastac chata-yojanantara iyam prthivi yavad dhamsa-bhasa-
syena-suparnadayah patattri-pravara utpatantiti.

tatah adhastat-beneath that; sata-yojana-of one hundred yojanas; antare-by an interval; iyam-this; prthivi-planet earth; yavat-as high as; hamsa-swans; bhasa-vultures; syena-eagles; suparna-adayah-and other birds; patattri-pravarah-the chief among birds; utpatanti-can fly; iti-thus.

TRANSLATION

Below the abodes of the Yaksas and Raksasas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly.

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