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SB 5.20.36

Devanāgarī

लोकालोक इति समाख्या यदनेनाचलेन लोकालोकस्यान्तर्वर्तिनावस्थाप्यते ॥ ३६ ॥

Text

lokāloka iti samākhyā yad anenācalena lokālokasyāntarvar-tināvasthāpyate.

Synonyms

loka—with light (or with inhabitants);alokaḥ—without light (or without inhabitants);iti—in this way;samākhyā—designation;yat—which;anena—by this;acalena—mountain;loka—of the land inhabited by living entities;alokasya—and of the land not inhabited by living entities;antarvartinā—which is in the middle;avasthāpyate—is established.

Translation

Between the lands inhabited by living entities and those that are uninhabited stands the great mountain which separates the two and which is therefore celebrated as Lokāloka.

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