á¹£ola-kroÅ›a vá¹›ndÄvana, — Å›Ästrera prakÄÅ›e
tÄra eka-deÅ›e vaikuṇṭhÄjÄṇá¸a-gaṇa bhÄse

 á¹£ola-kroÅ›a - measuring sixteen kroÅ›as (thirty-two miles); vá¹›ndÄvana - Vá¹›ndÄvana-dhÄma; Å›Ästrera prakÄÅ›e - according to the revelation of revealed scripture; tÄra - of Vá¹›ndÄvana; eka-deÅ›e - in one corner; vaikuṇṭha - all the Vaikuṇṭha planets; ajÄṇá¸a-gaṇa - the innumerable universes; bhÄse - are situated.


Text

“According to the revelations of revealed scripture, Vá¹›ndÄvana extends only sixteen kroÅ›as [thirty-two miles]. Nonetheless, all the Vaikuṇṭha planets and innumerable universes are located in one corner of this tract.

Purport

In Vraja, the land is divided into various vanas, or forests. The forests total twelve, and their extension is estimated to be eighty-four kroÅ›as. Of these, the special forest known as Vá¹›ndÄvana is located from the present municipal city of Vá¹›ndÄvana to the village called Nanda-grÄma. This distance is sixteen kroÅ›as (thirty-two miles).