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polestar, is 3,800,000 yojanas above the sun. Above Dhruvaloka by
10,000,000 yojanas is Maharloka, above Maharloka by 20,000,000 yo-
Janas is Janaloka, above Janaloka by 80,000,000 yojanas is Tapoloka,
and above Tapoloka by 120,000,000 yojanas is Satyaloka. Thus the dis-
tance from the sun to Satyaloka is 233,800,000 yojanas, or 1,870,400,-
000 miles. The Vaikuntha planets begin 26,200,000 yojanas
(209,600,000 miles) above Satyaloka. Thus the Visnu Purana describes
that the covering of the universe is 260,000,000 yojanas (2,080,000,000
miles) away from the sun. The distance from the sun to the earth is
100,000 yojanas, and below the earth by 70,000 yojanas are the seven
lower planetary systems called Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala,
Rasatala and Patala. Below these lower planets by 30,000 yojanas, Sesa
Naga is lying on the Garbhodaka Ocean. That ocean is 249,800,000 yo-
Janas deep. Thus the total diameter of the universe is approximately
500,000,000 yojanas, or 4,000,000,000 miles.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to the Fifth Canto, Twenty-third
Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled ‘“‘The Sisuméra Planetary
System.”
