286 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 20

the citizens; sarvdsim—of all; raja—the king; andhah—food grains;
somah—the moon-god; nah—toward us: dstu—let him remain favor-
able; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

[The inhabitants of Salmalidvipa worship the demigod of the
moon in the following words.] By his own rays, the moon-god has
divided the month into two fortnights, known as sukla and krsna,
for the distribution of food grains to the pitas and the demigods.
The demigod of the moon is he who divides time, and he is the
king of all the residents of the universe. We therefore pray that he
may remain our king and guide, and we offer him our respectful
obeisances.

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SAA BHAIATAMCTAN sIoq Fa: AIA eat
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evam suroddd bahis tad-dvi-gunah samanendvrto ghrtodena yatha-
purvah kusa-dvipo yasmin kusa-stambo deva-krtas tad-dvipakhyakaro
jvalana ivdparah sva-saspa-rocisa diso virajayati.

evam—thus; suroddat—from the ocean of liquor; bahih—outside; tat-
dvi-gunah—twice that; samdnena—equal in width; durtah—sur-
rounded; ghrta-udena—an ocean of clarified butter; yathé-pirvah—as
previously with Salmalidvipa; kusa-dvipa—the island called Kuéadvipa;
yasmin—in which; kusa-stambah—kusa grass; deva-krtah—created by
the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat-dvipa-
akhyd-karah—giving the island its name; jvalanah—fire: iva—like;
aparah—another; sva-saspa-rocisa—by the effulgence of the young
sprouting grass; disah—all directions; virdjayati—illuminates.

TRANSLATION

Outside the ocean of liquor is another island, known as
KuSadvipa, which is 800,000 yojanas [6,400,000 miles] wide,
