456 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
maintainer; Lord Visnu; td#ra—of Him; se/—that; nija dhdma—own residential
quarters.
TRANSLATION
There, in part of the ocean of milk, lies Svetadvipa, the abode of the sustainer,
Lord Visnu.
PURPORT
In the Siddhdnta-Siromani, an astrological text, the different oceans are described
as follows: (1) the ocean of salt, (2) the ocean of milk, (3) the ocean of curd, (4) the
ocean of clarified butter, (5) the ocean of sugar cane juice, (6) the ocean of liquor
and (7) the ocean of sweet water. On the southern side of the ocean of salt is the
ocean of milk, where Lord KsirodakaSayi Visnu resides. He is worshiped there by
demigods like Brahma.
TEXT 112
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wie (SCE) KICSA AAT S52 Hl
sakala jivera tinho haye antaryGmi
jagat-palaka tihho jagatera svami
SYNONYMS
sakala—all; jivera—of the living entities; ti#ho—He; haye—is; antaryami—the
Supersoul; jagat-pdlaka—the maintainer of the material world; ti#ho—He; jagatera
svamf—the Lord of the material world.
TRANSLATION
He is the Supersoul of all living entities. He maintains this material world, and He
is its Lord.
PURPORT
The Laghu-bhdgavatémrta gives the following description of the Visnuloka
within this universe, quoted from the Visnu-dharmottara: ‘‘Above Rudraloka, the
planet of Lord Siva, is the planet called Visnuloka, 400,000 miles in circumference,
which is inaccessible for any mortal living being. Above that Visnuloka and east of
the Sumeru Hill is a golden island called Maha-Visnuloka in the ocean of salt.
Lord Brahma and other demigods sometimes go there to meet Lord Visnu. Lord
Visnu lies there with the goddess of fortune, and it is said that during the four
months of the rainy season He enjoys sleeping on that Sesa Naga bed. East of
Sumeru is the ocean of milk, in which there is a white city on a white island where
the Lord can be seen sitting with His consort, Laksmiji, on a throne of Sega. That
feature of Visnu also enjoys sleeping during the four months of the rainy season.
The Svetadvipa in the milk ocean is situated just south of the ocean of salt. It is
calculated that the area of Svetadvipa is 200,000 square miles. This transcendentally
