378 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 24
upavarnitam bhiimer yatha-sannivesdvasthanam avaner apy adhastat
sapta bhi-vivara ekaikaso yojandyutantarenayama-vistarenopaklpta
atalam vitalam sutalam taldtalarn mahatalam rasatalam patalam iti.

upavarnitam—stated previously; bhimeh—of the planet earth;
yathd-sannivesa-avasthanam—according to the arrangement of the dif-
ferent places; avaneh—the earth; api—certainly; adhastat—beneath;
sapta—seven; bhii-vivarah—other planets; eka-ekasah—in succession,
up to the outer limit of the universe; yojana-ayuta-antarena—with an
interval of ten thousand yojanas (eighty thousand miles); ayama-
vistarena—by width and length; upaklptah—situated; atalam—named
Atala; vitalam—Vitala; sutalam—Sutala; talatalam—Talatala;
mahatalam—Mahatala; rasdtalam—Rasatala; pdatalam—Patala; iti—
thus.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, beneath this earth are seven other planets, known
as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala and Patala. I
have already explained the situation of the planetary systems of
earth. The width and length of the seven lower planetary systems
are calculated to be exactly the same as those of earth.

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GaIgaAaaAey = saaaremaa « eangeaget-
POATAAJaReTAT = YeIIs SATS AT AET HAT APTA
frat ic Ul
etesu hi bila-svargesu svargad apy adhika-kama-bhogaisvaryananda-
bhiti-vibhitibhih susamrddha-bhavanodyanakrida-viharesu daitya-
danava-kadraveya nitya-pramuditanurakta-kalatrapatya- bandhu-
suhrd-anucara grha-pataya isvardd apy apratihata-kama mdaya-vinoda
nivasanti.
