SB 2.5.42

Devanāgarī

भूर्लोक: कल्पित: पद्‍भ्यां भुवर्लोकोऽस्य नाभित: । स्वर्लोक: कल्पितो मूर्ध्ना इति वा लोककल्पना ॥ ४२ ॥

Text

bhūrlokaḥ kalpitaḥ padbhyāṁ bhuvarloko ’sya nābhitaḥ svarlokaḥ kalpito mūrdhnā iti vā loka-kalpanā

Synonyms

bhūrlokaḥ—the entire planetary system from Pātāla to the earthly planetary system;kalpitaḥ—imagined;padbhyām—situated on the legs;bhuvarlokaḥ—the Bhuvarloka planetary system;asya—of the universal form of the Lord;nābhitaḥ—out of the navel abdomen;svarlokaḥ—the higher planetary system, beginning with the heavenly planets;kalpitaḥ—imagined;mūrdhnā—from the chest to the head;iti—thus;vā—either;loka—the planetary systems;kalpanā—imagination.

Translation

Others may divide the whole planetary system into three divisions, namely the lower planetary systems on the legs [up to the earth], the middle planetary systems on the navel, and the upper planetary systems [Svarloka] from the chest to the head of the Supreme Personality.

Purport