314 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 20

anda-madhya-gatah—situated in the center of the universe:
stiryah—the sun globe; dyav-dbhimyoh—the two planetary systems
Bharloka and Bhuvarloka; yat—which; antaram—in between; stirya—
of the sun; anda-golayoh—and the globe of the universe; madhye—in
the middle; kotyah—groups of ten million; syuwh—are; pajica-virn-
Satih—twenty-five.

TRANSLATION

The sun is situated [vertically] in the middle of the universe, in
the area between Bhirloka and Bhuvarloka, which is called an-
tariksa, outer space. The distance between the sun and the circum-
ference of the universe is twenty-five koti yojanas [two billion
miles].

PURPORT

The word koti means ten million, and a yojana is eight miles. The
diameter of the universe is fifty koti yojanas (four billion miles).
Therefore, since the sun is in the middle of the universe, the distance
between the sun and the edge of the universe is calculated to be twenty-
five koti yojanas (two billion miles).

TEXT 44

mass Oy Vay TEA ATIeS eft Ta: |
faa aft afgearsagza: ive

mrte ‘nda esa etasmin yad abhit tato martanda iti vyapadesah.
hiranyagarbha iti yad dhiranyanda-samudbhavah.

mrte—dead; ande—in the globe: esah—this; etasmin—in this; yat—
which; abhiit—entered personally at the time of creation; tatah—from
that; martanda—Martanda; iti—thus; vyapadesah—the designation;
hiranya-garbhah—known as Hiranyagarbha; iti—thus; yat—because;
hiranya-anda-samudbhavah—his material body was created from
Hiranyagarbha.
