Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 24: The Subterranean Heavenly Planets. Text 7

उपवर्णितं भूमेर्यथासन्निवेशावस्थानमवनेरप्यधस्तात् सप्त भूविवरा एकैकशो
योजनायुतान्तरेणायामविस्तारेणोपकॢप्ता अतलं वितलं सुतलं तलातलं
महातलं रसातलं पातालमिति ॥७॥

upavarṇitaá¹ bhÅ«mer yathÄ-sanniveÅ›ÄvasthÄnam avaner apy adhastÄt sapta bhÅ«-vivarÄ ekaikaÅ›o yojanÄyutÄntareṇÄyÄma-vistÄreṇopakḷptÄ atalaá¹ vitalaá¹ sutalaá¹ talÄtalaá¹ mahÄtalaá¹ rasÄtalaá¹ pÄtÄlam iti

 upavarṇitam - stated previously; bhÅ«meḥ - of the planet earth; yathÄ-sanniveÅ›a-avasthÄnam - according to the arrangement of the different places; avaneḥ - the earth; api - certainly; adhastÄt - beneath; sapta - seven; bhÅ«-vivarÄḥ - other planets; eka-ekaÅ›aḥ - in succession, up to the outer limit of the universe; yojana-ayuta-antareṇa - with an interval of ten thousand yojanas (eighty thousand miles); ÄyÄma-vistÄreṇa - by width and length; upakḷptÄḥ - situated; atalam - named Atala; vitalam - Vitala; sutalam - Sutala; talÄtalam - TalÄtala; mahÄtalam - MahÄtala; rasÄtalam - RasÄtala; pÄtÄlam - PÄtÄla; iti - thus.


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My dear King, beneath this earth are seven other planets, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, TalÄtala, MahÄtala, RasÄtala and PÄtÄla. I have already explained the situation of the planetary systems of earth. The width and length of the seven lower planetary systems are calculated to be exactly the same as those of earth.

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