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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.20.35

यावन्मानसोत्तरमेर्वोरन्तरं तावती भूमि: काञ्चन्यन्याऽऽदर्शतलोपमा यस्यां प्रहित: पदार्थो न कथञ्चित्पुन: प्रत्युपलभ्यते तस्मात्सर्वसत्त्वपरिहृतासीत् ॥ ३५ ॥
yāvan mānasottara-mervor antaraṁ tāvatī bhūmiḥ kāñcany anyādarśa-talopamā yasyāṁ prahitaḥ padārtho na kathañcit punaḥ pratyupalabhyate tasmāt sarva-sattva-parihṛtāsīt.
[yaavan maanasottara-mervor antaram taavatee bhoomih kaanchany anyaadarsha-talopamaa yasyaam prahitah padaartho na kathanchit punah pratyupalabhyate tasmaat sarva-sattva-parihritaaseet.]
Word-for-word
yāvat — as much as mānasottara-mervoḥ antaram — the land between Mānasottara and Meru (beginning from the middle of Mount Sumeru) tāvatī — that much bhūmiḥ — land kāñcanī — made of gold anyā — another ādarśa-tala-upamā — whose surface is just like the surface of a mirror yasyām — on which prahitaḥ — dropped padārthaḥ — a thing na — not kathañcit — in any way punaḥ — again pratyupalabhyate — is found tasmāt — therefore sarva-sattva — by all living entities parihṛtā — abandoned āsīt — was.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yāvan mānasottara-mervor antaraṁ tāvatī bhūmiḥ kāñcany anyādarśa-talopamā yasyāṁ prahitaḥ padārtho na kathañcit punaḥ pratyupalabhyate tasmāt sarva-sattva-parihṛtāsīt.
yāvat
as much as
mānasottara-mervoḥ antaram
the land between Mānasottara and Meru (beginning from the middle of Mount Sumeru)
tāvatī
that much
bhūmiḥ
land
kāñcanī
made of gold
anyā
another
ādarśa-tala-upamā
whose surface is just like the surface of a mirror
yasyām
on which
prahitaḥ
dropped
padārthaḥ
a thing
na
not
kathañcit
in any way
punaḥ
again
pratyupalabhyate
is found
tasmāt
therefore
sarva-sattva
by all living entities
parihṛtā
abandoned
āsīt
was.
Beyond the ocean of sweet water is a tract of land as broad as the area between the middle of Mount Sumeru and the boundary of Mānasottara Mountain. In that tract of land there are many living beings. Beyond it, extending to Lokāloka Mountain, is another land, which is made of gold. Because of its golden surface, it reflects light like the surface of a mirror, and any physical article that falls on that land can never be perceived again. All living entities, therefore, have abandoned that golden land.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Beyond the ocean of sweet water is a tract of land as broad as the area between the middle of Meru and the middle Mānasottara Mountain. It is a land of gold, whose surface is like a mirror. Any object dropped there cannot be seen again. Therefore all living entities have abandoned this place. Beyond the fresh water ocean was Lokāloka Mountain. What comes before the mountain and after the ocean? From the middle of Meru to the middle of Mānasottra the distance is 15,750,000 yojanas. This is the width of this land, the golden land, extending from the fresh water ocean to Lokāloka Mountain. It is abandoned by all living entities.
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Personal Guidance
There is a land of gold so reflective that anything that lands there cannot be seen again — it is absorbed into glow. Sometimes what 'disappears' has not been lost; it has been received into something larger. Trust the absorption.
Reflection Questions
  • What have I 'lost' that may simply have been received into a larger reality?
  • How would I grieve differently if I trusted that nothing is truly missing in the Lord's universe?
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