Text 7]
The Subterranean Heavenly Planets
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as;  vāyuḥ —the wind;  pravāti —blows;  yāvat —as far as;  meghāḥ —the clouds;  upalabhyante —are seen.
TRANSLATION
Beneath Vidyādhara-loka, Cāraṇaloka and Siddhaloka, in the sky called antarikṣa, are the places of enjoyment for the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, ghosts and so on. Antarikṣa extends as far as the wind blows and the clouds float in the sky. Above this there is no more air.
TEXT 6
ततोऽधस्ताच्छतयोजनान्तर इयं पृथिवी यावद्वंसभासश्येन सुपर्णादयः पतत्त्रिप्रवरा उत्पतन्तीति ॥ ६ ॥
tato 'dhastāc chata-yojanāntara iyam prthivī yāvad dhamsa-bhāsa- śyena-suparṇādayaḥ patattri-pravarā utpatantiti.
tataḥ adhastāt —beneath that;  śata-yojana —of one hundred  yojanas ;  antare —by an interval;  iyam —this;  prthivī —planet earth;  yāvat —as high as;  hamsa —swans;  bhāsa —vultures;  śyena —eagles;  suparṇādayaḥ —and other birds;  patattri-pravarāḥ —the chief among birds;  utpatanti —can fly;  iti —thus.
TRANSLATION
Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100  yojanas  [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly.
TEXT 7
उपवर्णितं भूमेर्यथासंनिवेशावस्थानमवनेरप्यधस्तात् सप्त भूविवरा एकैकशो योजनायुतान्तरेणायामविस्तारेणोपक्रुप्ता अतलं वितलं सुतलं तलातलं महातलं रसातलं पातालमिति ॥ ७ ॥