Text 37] The Structure of the Universe 307

TEXT 37

asad aka satn fafedt weraaltiat = yaraaini
SHO TARAS Glaraacan a BTA
WaqAaeed TACASATATA? 11300

sa loka-trayante parita isvarena vihito yasmat siryddinam
dhruvadpavarganam jyotir-gananam gabhastayo ‘rvdcinadms tril lokan
Gvitanvand na kaddacit pardcind bhavitum utsahante tdvad un-
nahandyamah.

sah—that mountain; loka-traya-ante—at the end of the three lokas
(Bharloka, Bhuvarloka and Svarloka); paritah—all around: isvarena—
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna; vihitah—created:
yasmat—from which; stirya-ddinadm—of the sun planet; dhruva-
apavarganam—up to Dhruvaloka and other, inferior luminaries: jyotih-
gandnam—of all the luminaries; gabhastayah—the rays; arvaécinadn—
on this side; trin—the three: lokan—planetary systems: dvitanvanah—
spreading throughout; na—not; kaddcit—at any time; pardcinah—
beyond the jurisdiction of that mountain: bhavitum—to be: utsahante—
are able; tavat—that much; unnahana-dydmah—the measure of the
height of the mountain.

TRANSLATION

By the supreme will of Krsna, the mountain known as Lokaloka
has been installed as the outer border of the three worlds—
Bhirloka, Bhuvarloka and Svarloka—to control the rays of the
sun throughout the universe. All the luminaries, from the sun up
to Dhruvaloka, distribute their rays throughout the three worlds,
but only within the boundary formed by this mountain. Because it
is extremely high, extending even higher than Dhruvaloka, it
blocks the rays of the luminaries, which therefore can never
extend beyond it.

PURPORT

When we speak of loka-traya, we refer to the three primary planetary
systems—Bhah, Bhuvah and Svah—into which the universe is divided.
