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Šri Caitanya  caritāmrtā
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 21]]
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa kahe —Kṛṣṇa said;  ei brahmāṇḍa —this universe;  pañcāśat koṭi yojana —four billion miles;  ati kṣudra —very small;  tāte —therefore;  tomāra —your;  cāri vaḍaṇa —four faces
TRANSLATION
“Krṣṇa said, ‘Your particular universe extends four billion miles; therefore it is the smallest of all the universes. Consequently you have only four heads.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, one of the greatest astrologers of his time, gives information from  Siddhānta-śiromaṇi  that this universe measures 18,712,069,200,000,000 x 8 miles. This is the circumference of this universe. According to some, this is only half the circumference.
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কোন ব্রহ্মাণ্ড শতকোত্তি, কোন লক্ষকোত্তি । কোন নিযুতকোত্তি, কোন কোত্তি-কোত্তি ॥ ৮৫ ॥
kona brahmāṇḍa śata-koṭi, kona lakṣa-koṭi kona niyuta-koṭi, kona koṭi-koṭi
SYNONYMS
kona brahmāṇḍa —some universes;  śata-koṭi —one billion yojanas;  kona —some;  lakṣa-koṭi —one trillion yojanas;  kona —some;  niyuta-koṭi —ten trillion;  kona —some;  koṭi-koṭi —one hundred trillion.
TRANSLATION
“ Some of the universes are one billion yojanas, some one trillion, some ten trillion and some one hundred trillion yojanas. Thus they are almost unlimited in area.
PURPORT
A yojana  equals eight miles..
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ব্রহ্মাণ্ডামুক্রপ   ব্রহ্মার শরীর-বদন । এইক্কপে পালি আমি ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ ॥ ৮৬ ॥