Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Adi-lila

Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityananda Balarama. Text 98

jale bhari' ardha tÄá¹…hÄ kaila nija-vÄsa
Ära ardhe kaila caudda-bhuvana prakÄÅ›a

 jale - with water; bhari' - filling; ardha - half; tÄá¹…hÄ - there; kaila - made; nija-vÄsa - own residence; Ära - other; ardhe - in the half; kaila - did; caudda-bhuvana - fourteen worlds; prakÄÅ›a - manifestation.


Text

After filling half the universe with water, He made His own residence therein and manifested the fourteen worlds in the other half.

Purport

The fourteen worlds are enumerated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, Second Canto, fifth chapter. The upper planetary systems are (1) BhÅ«, (2) Bhuvar, (3) Svar, (4) Mahar, (5) Janas, (6) Tapas and (7) Satya. The seven lower planetary systems are (1) Tala, (2) Atala, (3) Vitala, (4) Nitala, (5) TalÄtala, (6) MahÄtala and (7) Sutala. The lower planets as a whole are called PÄtÄla. Among the upper planetary systems, BhÅ«, Bhuvar and Svar constitute Svargaloka, and the rest are called Martya. The entire universe is thus known as Triloka.