Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.16.28
मेरोर्मूर्धनि भगवत आत्मयोनेर्मध्यत उपक्लृप्तां पुरीमयुतयोजनसाहस्रीं समचतुरस्रां शातकौम्भीं वदन्ति ॥ २८ ॥
meror mūrdhani bhagavata ātma-yoner madhyata upakḷptāṁ purīm ayuta-yojana-sāhasrīṁ sama-caturasrāṁ śātakaumbhīṁ vadanti.
[meror moordhani bhagavata aatma-yoner madhyata upaklriptaam pureem ayuta-yojana-saahasreem sama-chaturasraam shaatakaumbheem vadanti.]
Word-for-word
meroḥ
—
of Sumeru Mountain
mūrdhani
—
on the head
bhagavataḥ
—
of the most powerful being
ātma-yoneḥ
—
of Lord Brahmā
madhyataḥ
—
in the middle
upakḷptām
—
situated
purīm
—
the great township
ayuta-yojana
—
ten thousand yojanas
sāhasrīm
—
one thousand
sama-caturasrām
—
of the same length on all sides
śāta-kaumbhīm
—
made entirely of gold
vadanti
—
the great learned sages say.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
meror mūrdhani bhagavata ātma-yoner madhyata upakḷptāṁ purīm ayuta-yojana-sāhasrīṁ sama-caturasrāṁ śātakaumbhīṁ vadanti.
meroḥ
of Sumeru Mountain
mūrdhani
on the head
bhagavataḥ
of the most powerful being
ātma-yoneḥ
of Lord Brahmā
madhyataḥ
in the middle
upakḷptām
situated
purīm
the great township
ayuta-yojana
ten thousand yojanas
sāhasrīm
one thousand
sama-caturasrām
of the same length on all sides
śāta-kaumbhīm
made entirely of gold
vadanti
the great learned sages say.
In the middle of the summit of Meru is the township of Lord Brahmā. Each of its four sides is calculated to extend for ten million yojanas [eighty million miles]. It is made entirely of gold, and therefore learned scholars and sages call it Śātakaumbhī.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
In the middle of the summit of Meru is the township of Lord Brahmā. Each of its four sides is calculated to extend for many thousands of yojanas. [Note: The top of Sumeru measures 32,000 yojanas according to verse 7. The dimension of Brahmā’s city should thus probably not be 10, 000,000 yojanas or a thousand ayutas. Ayuta could mean “many” in this case. ] It is made entirely of gold, and therefore learned scholars and sages call it Śātakaumbhī.
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Brahmā's golden city stands at the summit of Meru — vast, central, the seat of the secondary creator. Even the operational center of universal management has a precise address. The universe is governed, not unattended.
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- Where do you act as if no one is in charge of the cosmos, when scripture insists there is?
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