Text 31] The Subterranean Heavenly Planets 407

yesam u ha vai pafca-sapta-dasa-sata-sahasra-sirsanam phandsu
viracita mahé-manayo rocisnavah patdla-vivara-timira-nikaram sva-
rocisé vidhamanti.

tatah adhastat—beneath that planet Rasatala; patale—on the planet
known as Patala; ndga-loka-patayah—the masters of the Nagalokas;
vasuki—by Vasuki; pramukhaéh—headed; sankha—Sankha: kulika—
Kulika; maha-sankha—Mahasankha; sveta—Sveta; dhanafjaya—
Dhananjaya; dhrtardstra—Dhrtarastra; sankha-cida— Sankhacida;
kambala—Kambala; asvatara—ASvatara; deva-datta—Devadatta;
adayah—and so on; mahd-bhoginah—very addicted to material happi-
ness; mahd-amarsdh—greatly envious by nature; nivasanti—live;
yesam—of all of them; u ha—certainly; vai—indeed; pafca—five;
sapta—seven; dasa—ten; Sata—one hundred; sahasra—one thousand;
Sirsandm—of those possessing hoods; phandsu—on those hoods;
viracitah—fixed; maha-manayah—very valuable gems: rocisnavah—
full of effulgence; pdtdla-vivara—the caves of the Patala planetary
system; timira-nikaram—the mass of darkness; sva-rocisa—by the
effulgence of their hoods; vidhamanti—disperse.

TRANSLATION

Beneath Rasatala is another planetary system, known as Patala or
Nagaloka, where there are many demoniac serpents, the masters of
Nagaloka, such as Sankha, Kulika, Mahagsankha, Sveta,
Dhanafijaya, Dhrtarastra, Sankhacada, Kambala, ASsvatara and
Devadatta. The chief among them is Vasuki. They are all extremely
angry, and they have many, many hoods—some snakes five hoods,
some seven, some ten, others a hundred and others a thousand.
These hoods are bedecked with valuable gems, and the light
emanating from the gems illuminates the entire planetary system
of bila-svarga.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-
fourth Chapter of Srimad- -Bhagavatam, entitled “The Subterranean
Heavenly Planets.”
