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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 1]
preceding it, and each is surrounded by a liquid substance, beyond which is the next island.
PURPORT
The ocean in each planetary system has a different type of liquid. How they are situated is explained in the next verse.
TEXT 33
क्षारोदेक्षुरसोदसुरोदघृतोदक्षीरोददधिमण्डोदशुद्धोदाः सप्त जलधयः सप्त द्वीपपरिखा इवाभ्यन्तर द्वीपसमाना एकैकश्येन यथानुपूर्वं सप्तस्त्रिपि बहिर्द्वीपेषु पृथक्परित उपकल्पितास्तेषु जम्ब्वादिषु बहिर्म्मतीपतिरनुव्रताना त्मजानाग्रीध्रेष्मजिह्वयज्ञबाहुहिरण्यरेतोघृतपृष्ठमेधातिथिवीतिहोत्रसंज्ञान् यथा संख्येनैकैकस्रिन्नेकमेवाधिपतिं विदधे ॥ ३३ ॥
kṣārodekṣu-rasoda-suroda-ghṛṭoda-kṣīroda-dadhi-maṇḍoda-śuddhodāḥ sapta jaladhayaḥ sapta dvīpa-parikhā ivābhyantara-dvīpa-samānā ekaikaśyena yathānupūrvam saptasu api bahir dvīpeṣu pṛthak parita upakalpitās teṣu jambū-ādiṣu barhiṣmatī-patir anuvratānātmajān āgnīdhredhmajihva-yajñabāhu-hiraṇyareto ghṛtapṛṣṭha-medhātithi- vītihotra-samjñān yathā-saṅkhyenaikaikasminn ekam evādhi-patim vidadhe.
kṣāra—salt; uda—water; ikṣu-rasa—the liquid extract from sugar- cane; uda—water; surā—liquor; uda—water; ghṛta—clarified butter; uda—water; kṣīra—milk; uda—water; dadhi-maṇḍa—emulsified yogurt; uda—water; śuddha-udāḥ—and drinking water; sapta—seven; jala-dhayaḥ—oceans; sapta—seven; dvīpa—islands; parikhāḥ— trenches; iva—like; abhyantara—internal; dvīpa—islands; samānāḥ— equal to; eka-ekaśyena—one after another; yathā-anupūrvam—in chronological order; saptasu—seven; api—although; bahiḥ—outside; dvīpeṣu—in islands; pṛthak—separate; paritaḥ—all around; upakalpitāḥ—situated; teṣu—within them; jambū-ādiṣu—beginning with Jambū; barhiṣmatī—of Barhiṣmatī; patiḥ—the husband; anuvratān—who were actually followers of the father's principles;