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Shloka 19

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

भूर्भूवःस्वर्महश् चैव जनः साक्षात्तपः स्वयम् सत्यलोकस् तथाण्डानां कोटिकोटिशतानि च

bhūrbhūvaḥsvarmahaś caiva janaḥ sākṣāttapaḥ svayam satyalokas tathāṇḍānāṃ koṭikoṭiśatāni ca

ভূঃ, ভুবঃ, স্বঃ, মহঃ, জনঃ, তপঃ এবং সত্যলোক—এই সকল লোক; আর ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের কোটি কোটি শত শত সংখ্যাও বিদ্যমান।

bhūḥthe earthly realm
bhūḥ:
bhuvaḥthe atmospheric/intermediate realm
bhuvaḥ:
svaḥthe heavenly realm
svaḥ:
mahaḥMaharloka (realm of great sages)
mahaḥ:
janaḥJanaloka (realm of mind-born beings/sages)
janaḥ:
sākṣātdirectly, in its own right
sākṣāt:
tapaḥTapoloka (realm of austerity)
tapaḥ:
svayamitself
svayam:
satyalokaḥSatyaloka/Brahmaloka (realm of truth, Brahmā’s abode)
satyalokaḥ:
tathāand also/likewise
tathā:
aṇḍānāmof cosmic eggs, universes
aṇḍānām:
koṭi-koṭi-śatānihundreds of crores upon crores
koṭi-koṭi-śatāni:
caand
ca:

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)