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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
maintainer; Lord Viṣṇu;  tāṅra —of Him;  sel —that;  nija dhāma —own residential quarters.
TRANSLATION
There, in part of the ocean of milk, lies Śvetadvīpa, the abode of the sustainer, Lord Viṣṇu.
PURPORT
In the  Siddhānta-śiromaṇi , an astrological text, the different oceans are described as follows: (1) the ocean of salt, (2) the ocean of milk, (3) the ocean of curd, (4) the ocean of clarified butter, (5) the ocean of sugar cane juice, (6) the ocean of liquor and (7) the ocean of sweet water. On the southern side of the ocean of salt is the ocean of milk, where Lord Kṣirodakaśayī Viṣṇu resides. He is worshiped there by demigods like Brahmā.
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সকল জীবের ভিঁহো হয়ে অন্তর্যাসী । 
    জগৎ-পালক ভিঁহো জগতের স্বামী ॥ ১১২ ॥
sakala jīvera tiṅho haye antaryāmī 
    jagat-pālaka tiṅho jagatera svāmī
SYNONYMS
sakala —all;  jīvera —of the living entities;  tiṅho —He;  haye —is;  antaryāmī —the Supersoul;  jagat-pālaka —the maintainer of the material world;  tiṅho —He;  jagatera svāmī —the Lord of the material world.
TRANSLATION
He is the Supersoul of all living entities. He maintains this material world, and He is its Lord.
PURPORT
The  Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta  gives the following description of the Viṣṇuloka within this universe, quoted from the  Viṣṇu-dharmottara : “Above Rudraloka, the planet of Lord Śiva, is the planet called Viṣṇuloka, 400,000 miles in circumference, which is inaccessible for any mortal living being. Above that Viṣṇuloka and east of the Sumeru Hill is a golden island called Mahā-Viṣṇuloka in the ocean of salt. Lord Brahmā and other demigods sometimes go there to meet Lord Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu lies there with the goddess of fortune, and it is said that during the four months of the rainy season He enjoys sleeping on that Śeṣa Nāga bed. East of Sumeru is the ocean of milk, in which there is a white city on a white island where the Lord can be seen sitting with His consort, Lakṣmījī, on a throne of Śeṣa. That feature of Viṣṇu also enjoys sleeping during the four months of the rainy season. The Śvetadvīpa in the milk ocean is situated just south of the ocean of salt. It is calculated that the area of Śvetadvīpa is 200,000 square miles. This transcendentally