92 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 16
TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, the rolling wheels of Maharaja Priyavrata’s
chariot created seven ditches, in which the seven oceans came into
existence. Because of these seven oceans, Bhi-mandala is divided
into seven islands. You have given a very general description of
their measurement, names and characteristics. Now I wish to know
of them in detail. Kindly fulfill my desire.

TEXT 3

ATT TAY CISST aafad wat ashy ada areasatfaty 4
matt wate Tae aamafad ag tz Tscwgatfia-
fafa 3
bhagavato gunamaye sthiila-riipa dvesitam mano hy agune ‘pi
stiksmatama atma-jyotisi pare brahmani bhagavati vdsudevakhye
ksamam dvesitum tad u haitad guro ’rhasy anuvarnayitum iti.

bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; guna-maye—
into the external features, consisting of the three modes of material
nature; sthitla-ripe—the gross form; dvesitam—entered; manah—the
mind; hi—indeed; agune—transcendental; api—although; sitiksma-
tame—in His smaller form as Paramatma within the heart; dtma-
jyotisi—who _is full of Brahman effulgence: pare—the supreme;
brahmani—spiritual entity; bhagavati—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; vdsudeva-dkhye—known as Bhagavan Vasudeva; ksamam—
suitable; dvesitum—to absorb; tat—that: u ha—indeed: etat—this;
guro—O my dear spiritual master; arhasi anuvarnayitum—please de-
scribe factually; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

When the mind is fixed upon the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in His external feature made of the material modes of
nature—the gross universal form—it is brought to the platform of
pure goodness. In that transcendental position, one can under-
stand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, who in His
