356 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 23

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Sri-Suka uvaca
atha tasmat paratas trayodasa-laksa-yojanantarato yat tad visnoh
paramam padam abhivadanti yatra ha maha-bhdgavato dhruva
auttanapdadir agninendrena prajapatinad kasyapena dharmena ca
samakdla-yugbhih sabahu-manam daksinatah kriyamdna idanim api
kalpa-jivindm ajivya updste tasyehanubhava upavarnitah.

Sri-Sukah uvéca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; atha—thereupon;
tasmat—the sphere of the seven stars; paratah—beyond that;
trayodasa-laksa-yojana-antaratah—another 1,300,000 yojanas; yat—
which; tat—that; visnoh paramam padam—the supreme abode of Lord
Visnu, or the lotus feet of Lord Visnu; abhivadanti—the Rg Veda
mantras praise; yatra—on which; ha—indeed; mahd-bhagavatah—the
great devotee; dhruvah—Maharaja Dhruva; auttdnapadih—the son of
Maharaja Uttanapada; agnind—by the fire-god; indrena—by the
heavenly King, Indra; praj@patind—by the Prajapati; kasyapena—by
Kasyapa; dharmena—by Dharmaraja; ca—also; samakdla-yugbhih—
who are engaged at the time; sa-bahu-maénam—always respectfully;
daksinatah—on the right side; kriyamanah—being circumambulated;
idanim—now; api—even; kalpa-jivinam—of the living entities who ex-
ist at the end of the creation; djivyah—the source of life; updste—
remains; tasya—his; iha—here; anubhdvah—greatness in discharging
devotional service; upavarnitah—already described (in the Fourth Canto

of Srimad-Bhagavatam).

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas
[10,400,000 miles] above the planets of the seven sages is the place
that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Visnu. There
the son of Maharaja Uttanapada, the great devotee Maharaja
Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living entities who
live until the end of the creation. Agni, Indra, Prajapati, Kasyapa
and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful
