276 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 21

SYNONYMS

krsma kahe—Krsna said; ei brahmanda—this universe; paficdsat koti yojana—
four billion miles; ati ksudra—very small; taéte—therefore; tomaéra—your; cari
vadana—four faces.

TRANSLATION

“Krsna said, ‘Your particular universe extends four billion miles; therefore
it is the smallest of all the universes. Consequently you have only four heads.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, one of the greatest astrologers of his
time, gives information from Siddhanta-siromani that this universe measures
18,712,069,200,000,000 x 8 miles. This is the circumference of this universe. Ac-
cording to some, this is only half the circumference.

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CTIA SHS ASC, CHA ATHCTIG |
cata faqucat, cain catte-cait ne 0

kona brahmanda sata-koti, kona laksa-koti
kona niyuta-koti, kona koti-koti

SYNONYMS
kona brahmaénda—some universes; sata-koti—one billion yojanas; kona—
some; laksa-koti—one trillion yojanas; kona—some; niyuta-koti—ten trillion;
kona—some; koti-koti—one hundred trillion.

TRANSLATION

““‘Some of the universes are one billion yojanas, some one trillion, some ten
trillion and some one hundred trillion yojanas. Thus they are almost unlimited
in area.

PURPORT
A yojana equals eight miles.
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SHA BMHis aaa |

etacnt ofa onfy Gates ste be I
