Ādi-ñlā, Chapter 5
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TRANSLATION
The universe measures five hundred million yojanas. Its length and breadth are one and the same.
TEXT 98
জলে ভরি’ অর্ধ ভাঁহা কৈল মিজ-বাস । আর অর্ধে কৈল চৌদ্ধভূবন প্রকাশ ॥ ৯৮ ॥
jale bhari’ ardha tāṅhā kaila nija-vāsa āra ardhe kaila caudda-bhuvana prakāśa
SYNONYMS
jale —with water;  bhari’ —filling;  ardha —half;  tāṅhā —there;  kaila —made;  nija-vāsa —own residence;  āra —other;  ardhe —in the half;  kaila —did;  caudda-bhuvana —fourteen worlds;  prakāśa —manifestation.
TRANSLATION
After filling half the universe with water, He made His own residence therein and manifested the fourteen worlds in the other half.
PURPORT
The fourteen worlds are enumerated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Second Canto, Fifth Chapter. The upper planetary systems are (1) Bhū, (2) Bhuvaḥ, (3) Svaḥ, (4) Mahaḥ, (5) Jana, (6) Tapaḥ and (7) Satya. The seven lower planetary systems are (1) Tala, (2) Atala, (3) Vitala, (4) Nitala, (5) Talātala, (6) Mahātala and (7) Sutala. The lower planets, as a whole, are called Pātāla. Among the upper planetary systems, Bhū, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ constitute Svargaloka, and the rest are called Martya. The entire universe is thus known as Triloka.
TEXT 99
ভাঁহাই প্রকট কৈল বৈকুণ্ঠ মিজ-বাম । শেষ-শয়ম-জলে করিল বিজ্ঞাম ॥ ৯৯ ॥
tāṅhāi prakaṭa kaila vaikuṇṭha nija-dhāma śeṣa-śayana-jale karila viśrāma
SYNONYMS
tāṅhāi —there;  prakaṭa —manifestation;  kaila —did;  vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual world;  nija-dhāma —His own abode;  śeṣa —of Lord Śeṣa;  śayana —on the bed;  jale —on the water;  karila —did;  viśrāma —rest.