Text 43] The Structure of the Universe 313

TEXT 42

aiscaffent cada aerate a sed gatelaatarac|
aa: TMT Fragaeted eel!

yo ’ntar-vistara etena hy aloka-parimanam ca vyakhydtam yad bahir
lokdlokdcalat. tatah parastad yogesvara-gatim visuddham udéharaniti.

yah—that which; antah-vistdrah—the distance inside Lokdloka
Mountain; etena—by this; hi—indeed; aloka-parimanam—the width of
the tract of land known as Aloka-varsa; ca—and: vyadkhydtam—de-
scribed; yat—which; bahih—outside: lokdloka-acalat—beyond
Lokaloka Mountain; tatah—that; parastat—beyond; yogesvara-gatim—
the path of Yogesvara (Krsna) in penetrating the coverings of the
universe; visuddham—without material contamination; uddharanti—
they say.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, outside Lokaloka Mountain is the tract of land
known as Aloka-varsa, which extends for the same breadth as the
area within the mountain—in other words, 125,000,000 yojanas
[one billion miles]. Beyond Aloka-varsa is the destination of those
who aspire for liberation from the material world. It is beyond the
jurisdiction of the material modes of nature, and therefore it is
completely pure. Lord Krsna took Arjuna through this place to
bring back the sons of the brahmana.

TEXT 43

ASAATT: GA AATANATETT |
AAS TITAS ler: Ee Weaftaafasny sl

anda-madhya-gatah siryo
dydv-adbhimyor yad antaram

stryanda-golayor madhye
kotyah syuh parica-vimsatih
