510 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 13
TEXT 30
3: DO
TATE AVE ATT |
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a Slrarit | aaa Roll
khuraih ksuraprair darayams tad apa
utpara-param tri-paru rasayam
dadarsa gam tatra susupsur agre
yam jiva-dhanim svayam abhyadhatta
khuraih—by the hoofs; ksurapraih—compared to a sharp weapon;
darayan—penetrating; tat—that; apah—water; utpara-param—found the
limitation of the unlimited; ¢tri-parah—the master of all sacrifices;
rasayam—within the water; dadarsa—found; gam—the earth; tatra—there;
susupsuh—lying; agre—in the beginning; yam—whom; jrva-dhanim—the
resting place for all living entities; suayam—personally; abhyadhatta—
uplifted.
TRANSLATION
Lord Boar penetrated the water with His hoofs, which were like
sharpened arrows, and He found out the limits of the ocean although it
was unlimited. He saw the earth, the resting place for all living beings, lying
as it was in the beginning of creation, and He personally lifted it.
PURPORT
The word rasayam is sometimes interpreted to mean Rasatala, the
lowest planetary system, but that is not applicable in this connection,
according to Visvanatha Cakravarti ‘Thakura. The earth is seven times
superior to the other planetary systems, namely Tala, Atala, Talatala,
Vitala, Rasatala, Patala, etc. Therefore the earth cannot be situated in the
Rasatala planetary system. It is described in the Visnu-dharma:
patala-mulesvara-bhoga-samhatau
vinyasya padau prthivim ca bibhratah
yasyopamanam na babhiiva so cyuto
mamastu mangalya-vivrddhaye harih
Therefore the Lord found the earth on the bottom of the Garbhodaka
Ocean, where the planets rest during the devastation at the end of Brahma’s
day.
