96 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 16

advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-riipam
adyam purdna-purusam nava-yauvanam ca

The limits of the expansions of Govinda, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, cannot be estimated by anyone, even a person as perfect as
Brahma, not to speak of tiny scientists whose senses and instruments are
all imperfect and who cannot give us information of even this one
universe. We should therefore be satisfied with the information obtain-
able from Vedic sources as spoken by authorities like Sukadeva Gosvami.

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at a At: FASIHCSAITITcH A Marta Fas: TAdat
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yo vayam dvipah kuvalaya-kamala-kosabhyantara-koso niyuta-yojana-
visdlah samavartulo yathé puskara-patram.

yah—which; va—either: ayam—this; dvipah—island: kuvalaya—
the Bhialoka; kamala-kosa—of the whorl of a lotus flower; abhyan-
tara—inner; kosah—whorl; niyuta-yojana-visdlah—one million yo-
janas (eight million miles) wide; samavartulah—equally round, or hav-
ing a length and breadth of the same measurement; yatha—like;
puskara-patram—a lotus leaf.

TRANSLATION

The planetary system known as Bhi-mandala resembles a lotus
flower, and its seven islands resemble the whorl of that flower. The
length and breadth of the island known as Jambidvipa, which is
situated in the middle of the whorl, are one million yojanas [eight
million miles]. Jambadvipa is round like the leaf of a lotus flower.

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afar aift jaratsracararaEnaaanetchr: afer
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