Text 218] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 121

mercy and willingness to give facility to His devotees who are engaged in His
devotional service within the material world.

TEXT 218

GVAS SHY-ACHG Hala “asa? |
ASNCA HAAS Wala fara nase i

ei-mata brahmanda-madhye sabara ‘parakasa’
sapta-dvipe nava-khande ydanhdara vildsa

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; brahmanda-madhye —within this universe; sabara—of all
of Them; parakasa—manifestations; sapta-dvipe—on seven islands; nava-
khande—in different sections, nine in number; yanhara vildsa—the pastimes of
whom.

TRANSLATION

“Within the universe the Lord is situated in different spiritual manifesta-
tions. These are situated on seven islands in nine sections. Thus Their
pastimes are going on.

PURPORT
The seven islands are mentioned in the Siddhanta-siromani:

bhdamer ardham ksira-sindhor udaka-stharn
jambu-dvipam prahur acarya-varyah

ardhe ‘nyasmin dvipa-satkasya yamye
ksara-ksirady-ambudhindm nivesah

sakam tatah salmala-matra kausam
krauficam ca go-medaka-puskare ca

dvayor dvayor antaram ekam ekam
samudrayor dvipam udaharanti

The seven islands (dvipas) are known as (1) Jambu, (2) Saka, (3) Salmali,
(4) KuSa, (5) Kraufica, (6) Gomeda, or Plaksa, and (7) Puskara. The planets are
called dvipa. Outer space is like an ocean of air. Just as there are islands in the
watery ocean, these planets in the ocean of space are called dvipas, or islands
in outer space. There are nine khandas, known as (1) Bharata, (2) Kinnara,
(3) Hari, (4) Kuru, (5) Hiranmaya, (6) Ramyaka, (7) llavrta, (8) Bhadraé$va and
