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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 24]
upavarṇitam bhūmer yathā-sanniveśāvasthānam avaner apy adhastāt sapta bhū-vivarā ekaikaśo yojanāyutāntareṇāyāma-vistāreṇopaklptā atalam vitalam sutalam talātalam mahātalam rasātalam pātālam iti.
upavarṇitam—stated previously; bhūmeḥ—of the planet earth; yathā-sanniveśā-avasthānam—according to the arrangement of the different places; avaneḥ—the earth; api—certainly; adhastāt—beneath; sapta—seven; bhū-vivarāḥ—other planets; eka-ekaśaḥ—in succession, up to the outer limit of the universe; yojana-ayuta-antareṇa—with an interval of ten thousand yojanas (eighty thousand miles); āyāma-vistāreṇa—by width and length; upaklptāḥ—situated; atalam—named Atala; vitalam—Vitala; sutalam—Sutala; talātalam—Talātala; mahātalam—Mahātala; rasātalam—Rasātala; pātālam—Pātāla; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, beneath this earth are seven other planets, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, Mahātala, Rasātala and Pātāla. I have already explained the situation of the planetary systems of earth. The width and length of the seven lower planetary systems are calculated to be exactly the same as those of earth.
TEXT 8
एतेषु हि बिलसर्गेषु स्वर्गादप्यधिककामभोगैश्वर्यानन्दभूतिविभूतिभिः सुसमृद्धभवनोद्यानाक्रीडविहारेषु दैत्यदानवकाद्रवेया नित्यग्रमुदितानुरक्त- कलत्रापत्यबन्धुसुहृदनुचरा गृहपतय ईश्वरादप्यप्रतिहतकामा मायाविनोदा निवसन्ति ॥ ८ ॥
eteṣu hi bila-svargeṣu svargād apy adhika-kāma-bhogaiśvaryānanda- bhūti-vibhūtibhiḥ susamṛddha-bhavanodyānākrīda-vihāreṣu daitya- dānava-kādraveyā nitya-pramuditānurakta-kalatrāpatya-bandhu- suhṛd-anucarā gṛha-pataya īśvarād apy apratihata-kāmā māyā-vinodā nivasanti.