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The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
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oceans, dividing the planetary system known as Bhū-maṇḍala into seven islands.
PURPORT
Sometimes the planets in outer space are called islands. We have experience of various types of islands in the ocean, and similarly the various planets, divided into fourteen  lokas , are islands in the ocean of space. As Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, he created seven different types of oceans and planetary systems, which altogether are known as Bhū-maṇḍala, or Bhūloka. In the Gāyatrī  mantra , we chant,  oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyam . Above the Bhuloka planetary system is Bhuvarloka, and above that is Svargaloka, the heavenly planetary system. All these planetary systems are controlled by Savitā, the sun-god. By chanting the Gāyatrī  mantra  just after rising early in the morning, one worships the sun-god.
TEXT 32
जम्बू पुक्षशाल्मलिकुशक्रौञ्चशाकपुष्करसंज्ञास्तेषां परिमाणं पूर्वसात्पूर्वसादुत्तर उत्तरो यथासंख्यं द्विगुणमानेन बहिः समन्तत उपकल्प्ताः ॥ ३२ ॥
jambū-plakṣa-śālmali-kuśa-krauñca-śāka-puṣkara-saṁjñās teṣāṁ parimāṇaṁ pūrvasmāt pūrvasmād uttara uttaro yathā-saṅkhyaṁ dvi- guṇa-mānena bahiḥ samantata upaklptāḥ.
jambū—Jambū; plakṣa—Plakṣa; śālmali—Śālmali; kuśa—Kuśa; krauñca—Krauñca; śāka—Śāka; puṣkara—Puṣkara; saṁjñāḥ—known as; teṣāṁ—of them; parimāṇaṁ—measurement; pūrvasmāt pūr- vasmāt—from the former; uttaraḥ uttaraḥ—the following; yathā—ac- cording to; saṅkhyaṁ—number; dvi-guṇa—twice as much; mānena— with a measure; bahiḥ—outside; samantataḥ—all around; upaklptāḥ— produced.
TRANSLATION
The names of the islands are Jambū, Plakṣa, Śālmali, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka and Puṣkara. Each island is twice as large as the one