Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

SB 10.50.49

Devanāgarī

इति सम्मन्‍त्र्य भगवान् दुर्गं द्वादशयोजनम् । अन्त:समुद्रे नगरं कृत्‍स्‍नाद्भ‍ुतमचीकरत् ॥ ४९ ॥

Text

iti sammantrya bhagavān durgaṁ dvādaśa-yojanam antaḥ-samudre nagaraṁ kṛtsnādbhutam acīkarat

Synonyms

iti—thus;sammantrya—consulting;bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;durgam—a fortress;dvādaśa-yojanam—twelveyojanas(about one hundred miles);antaḥ—within;samudre—the sea;nagaram—a city;kṛtsna—with everything;adbhutam—wonderful;acīkarat—He had made.

Translation

After thus discussing the matter with Balarāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead had a fortress twelve yojanas in circumference built within the sea. Inside that fort He had a city built containing all kinds of wonderful things.

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