Text 35] The Structure of the Universe 305

rewarded with the post of Lord Brahma.” It is also significant that
although Lord Brahma is extremely powerful, he never thinks himself
one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; he always knows that he
is an eternal servitor of the Lord. Because the Lord and the servant are
identical on the spiritual platform, Brahma is herein addressed as
bhagavan. Bhagavan is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. but
if a devotee serves Him with full faith, the meaning of the Vedic
literature is revealed to him. Therefore Brahmi is called brahma-linga,
which indicates that his entire form consists of Vedic knowledge.

TEXT 34
HATTA

TT TMAAAAMMAS sateen ta safer:
TECH

tatah parastal lokaloka-namacalo lokdlokayor antarale parita

upaksiptah.

tatah—from that ocean of sweet drinking water: parastat—beyond:
lokaloka-nadma—named Lokaloka; acalah—a mountain; loka-alokayoh
antardle—between the countries full of sunlight and those without
sunlight; paritah—all around; upaksiptah—exists.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, beyond the ocean of sweet water and fully sur-
rounding it, is a mountain named Lokaloka, which divides the
countries that are full of sunlight from those not lit by the sun.

TEXT 35

UTA AAT eae TAA Ts ISHAM TEA AAA
Gara at BAfaega: TyISETa aMTETtITfCETISSa 184!

yavan manasottara-mervor antaram tavati bhimih kancany anyddarsa-
talopama yasyam prahitah padartho na katharcit punah
pratyupalabhyate tasmat sarva-sattva-parihrtasit.
