Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 24: The Subterranean Heavenly Planets. Text 6

ततोऽधस्ताच्छतयोजनान्तर इयं पृथिवी यावद्धंसभासश्येन सुपर्णादयः
पतत्त्रिप्रवरा उत्पतन्तीति ॥६॥

tato 'dhastÄc chata-yojanÄntara iyaá¹ pá¹›thivÄ« yÄvad dhaá¹sa-bhÄsa-Å›yena-suparṇÄdayaḥ patattri-pravarÄ utpatantÄ«ti

 tataḥ adhastÄt - beneath that; Å›ata-yojana - of one hundred yojanas; antare - by an interval; iyam - this; pá¹›thivÄ« - planet earth; yÄvat - as high as; haá¹sa - swans; bhÄsa - vultures; Å›yena - eagles; suparṇa-Ädayaḥ - and other birds; patattri-pravarÄḥ - the chief among birds; utpatanti - can fly; iti - thus.


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Below the abodes of the Yaká¹£as and RÄká¹£asas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly.

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