306 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 20

ya@vat—as much as; manasottara-mervoh antaram—the land between
Manasottara and Meru (beginning from the middle of Mount Sumeru):
tavati—that much; bhiimih—land; kdficani—made of gold; anya—
another: Gdarsa-tala-upama —whose surface is just like the surface of a
mirror; yasyam—on which; prahitah—dropped: padarthah—a thing:
na—not; kathaficit—in any way; punah—again; pratyupalabhyate—is
found; tasmdt—therefore: sarva-sattva—by all living entities;
parihrta—abandoned; dsit—was.

TRANSLATION

Beyond the ocean of sweet water is a tract of land as broad as the
area between the middle of Mount Sumeru and the boundary of
Manasottara Mountain. In that tract of land there are many living
beings. Beyond it, extending to Lokaloka Mountain, is another
land, which is made of gold. Because of its golden surface, it
reflects light like the surface of a mirror, and any physical article
that falls on that land can never be perceived again. All living
entities, therefore, have abandoned that golden land.

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lokdloka iti samakhya yad anendcalena lokdlokasydntarvar-
tindvasthapyate.

loka—with light (or with inhabitants); alokah—without light (or
without inhabitants); iti—in this way; samakhya—designation; yat—
which; anena—by this; acalena—mountain; loka—of the land inhab-
ited by living entities; alokasya—and of the land not inhabited by living
entities; antarvartind—which is in the middle; avasthapyate—is estab-
lished.

TRANSLATION

Between the lands inhabited by living entities and those that are
uninhabited stands the great mountain which separates the two
and which is therefore celebrated as Lokaloka.
