Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Studying the Structure of the Universe

5.20.35

yavan manasottara-mervor

antaram tavati bhumih kancany

anyadarsa-talopama yasyam

prahitah padartho na kathancit

punah pratyupalabhyate tasmat

sarva-sattva-parihrtasit.

SYNONYMS

yavat—as much as; manasottara-mervoh antaram—the land between Manasottara and Meru (beginning from the middle of Mount Sumeru); tavati—that much; bhumih—land; kancani—made of gold; anya—another; adarsa-tala-upama—whose surface is just like the surface of a mirror; yasyam—on which; prahitah—dropped; padarthah—a thing; na—not; kathancit—in any way; punah—again; pratyupalabhyate—is found; tasmat—therefore; sarva-sattva—by all living entities; parihrta—abandoned; asit—was.

TRANSLATION

Beyond the ocean of sweet water is a tract of land as broad as the area between the middle of Mount Sumeru and the boundary of Manasottara Mountain.

In that tract of land there are many living beings.

Beyond it, extending to Lokaloka Mountain, is another land, which is made of gold.

Because of its golden surface, it reflects light like the surface of a mirror, and any physical article that falls on that land can never be perceived again.

All living entities, therefore, have abandoned that golden land.