ei-mata brahmÄṇá¸a-madhye sabÄra 'parakÄÅ›a'
sapta-dvÄ«pe nava-khaṇá¸e yÄá¹…hÄra vilÄsa

 ei-mata - in this way; brahmÄṇá¸a-madhye - within this universe; sabÄra - of all of Them; parakÄÅ›a - manifestations; sapta-dvÄ«pe - on seven islands; nava-khaṇá¸e - in different sections, nine in number; yÄá¹…hÄra vilÄsa - the pastimes of whom.


Text

“Within the universe the Lord is situated in different spiritual manifestations. These are situated on seven islands in nine sections. Thus Their pastimes are going on.

Purport

The seven islands are mentioned in the SiddhÄntaÅ›iromaṇi:

bhÅ«mer ardhaá¹ ká¹£Ära-sindhor udak-sthaá¹
 jambu-dvÄ«paá¹ prÄhur ÄcÄrya-varyÄḥ
ardhe ’nyasmin dvÄ«pa-á¹£aá¹­kasya yÄmye
 ká¹£Ära-kṣīrÄdy-ambudhÄ«nÄá¹ niveÅ›aḥ
Å›Äkaá¹ tataḥ Å›Älmalam atra kauÅ›aá¹
 krauñcaá¹ ca gomedaka-puá¹£kare ca
dvayor dvayor antaram ekam ekaá¹
 samudrayor dvÄ«pam udÄharanti

The seven islands (dvÄ«pas) are known as (1) Jambu, (2) ÅšÄka, (3) ÅšÄlmalÄ«, (4) KuÅ›a, (5) Krauñca, (6) Gomeda, or Plaká¹£a, and (7) Puá¹£kara. The planets are called dvÄ«pas. Outer space is like an ocean of air. Just as there are islands in the watery ocean, these planets in the ocean of space are called dvÄ«pas, or islands in outer space. There are nine khaṇá¸as, known as (1) BhÄrata, (2) Kinnara, (3) Hari, (4) Kuru, (5) Hiraṇmaya, (6) Ramyaka, (7) IlÄvá¹›ta, (8) BhadrÄÅ›va and (9) KetumÄla. These are different parts of JambudvÄ«pa. A valley between two mountains is called a khaṇá¸a or vará¹£a.