वुपकॢप्ताः ॥२९॥
tÄm anuparito loka-pÄlÄnÄm aá¹£á¹ÄnÄá¹ yathÄ-diÅ›aá¹ yathÄ-rÅ«paá¹ turÄ«ya-mÄnena puro 'á¹£á¹Äv upakḷptÄḥ
tÄm - that great township named BrahmapurÄ«; anuparitaḥ - surrounding; loka-pÄlÄnÄm - of the governors of the planets; aá¹£á¹ÄnÄm - eight; yathÄ-diÅ›am - according to the directions; yathÄ-rÅ«pam - in exact conformity with the township of BrahmapurÄ«; turÄ«ya-mÄnena - by measurement only one fourth; puraḥ - townships; aá¹£á¹au - eight; upakḷptÄḥ - situated.
Surrounding Brahmapurī in all directions are the residences of the eight principal governors of the planetary systems, beginning with King Indra. These abodes are similar to Brahmapurī but are one fourth the size.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura confirms that the townships of Lord BrahmÄ and the eight subordinate governors of the planetary systems, beginning with Indra, are mentioned in other PurÄṇas.
merau nava-pÅ«rÄṇi syur
manovaty amarÄvatÄ«
tejovatÄ« saá¹yamanÄ«
tathÄ kṛṣṇÄá¹…ganÄ parÄ
Å›raddhÄvatÄ« gandhavatÄ«
tathÄ cÄnyÄ mahodayÄ
yaśovatī ca brahmendra
bahyÄdÄ«nÄá¹ yathÄ-kramam
BrahmÄ’s township is known as ManovatÄ«, and those of his assistants such as Indra and Agni are known as AmarÄvatÄ«, TejovatÄ«, Saá¹yamanÄ«, KṛṣṇÄá¹…ganÄ, ÅšraddhÄvatÄ«, GandhavatÄ«, MahodayÄ and YaÅ›ovatÄ«. BrahmapurÄ« is situated in the middle, and the other eight purÄ«s surround it in all directions.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “A Description of JambÅ«dvÄ«pa.â€
