Text 32] The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata 39
oceans, dividing the planetary system known as Bhia-mandala into
seven islands.
PURPORT

Sometimes the planets in outer space are called islands. We have ex-
perience of various types of islands in the ocean, and similarly the
various planets, divided into fourteen lokas, are islands in the ocean of
space. As Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, he created seven
different types of oceans and planetary systems, which altogether are
known as Bhi-mandala, or Bhiloka. In the Gayatri mantra, we chant,
om bhir bhuvah svah tat savitur varenyam. Above the Bhuloka plane-
tary system is Bhuvarloka, and above that is Svargaloka, the heavenly
planetary system. All these planetary systems are controlled by Savita,
the sun-god. By chanting the Gayatri mantra just after rising early in the
morning, one worships the sun-god.

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TFA SIMAUSSTA ATT RATA TAT TAMTTATS AL
TI Faded faqaraa ale: aaeda STHAAT: | 22 II
Jambi-plaksa-salmali-kusa-kraurica-saka-puskara-sarynds tesam
parimanam pirvasmat pirvasmdéd uttara uttaro yatha-sankhyam dvi-
guna-manena bahih samantata upaklptah.

jambi—Jambi; plaksa—Plaksa; salmali—Salmali; kusa—Kusa:
kraurica—Kraunica; saka—Saka; puskara—Puskara: samjnadh—known
as: tesam—of them: parimaénam—measurement: piirvasmat piir-
vasmat—from the former; uttarah uttarah—the following: yathaé—ac-
cording to; sankhyam—number; dvi-guna—twice as much: manena—
with a measure; bahih—outside: samantatah—all around: upak|ptah—
produced.

TRANSLATION

The names of the islands are Jambi, Plaksa, Salmali, Kuéa,

Kraujica, Saka and Puskara. Each island is twice as large as the one
