SB 5.24.6 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.24.6

ततोऽधस्ताच्छतयोजनान्तर इयं पृथिवी यावद्धंसभासश्येनसुपर्णादय: पतत्‍त्रिप्रवरा उत्पतन्तीति ॥ ६ ॥

tato ’dhastāc chata-yojanāntara iyaṁ pṛthivī yāvad dhaṁsa-bhāsa-śyena-suparṇādayaḥ patattri-pravarā utpatantīti.

[tato ’dhastaach chata-yojanaantara iyam prithivee yaavad dhamsa-bhaasa-shyena-suparnaadayah patattri-pravaraa utpatanteeti.]

Word-for-word

tataḥ adhastāt — beneath that śata-yojana — of one hundred yojanas antare — by an interval iyam — this pṛthivī — planet earth yāvat — as high as haṁsa — swans bhāsa — vultures śyena — eagles suparṇa-ādayaḥ — and other birds patattri-pravarāḥ — the chief among birds utpatanti — can fly iti — thus.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tato ’dhastāc chata-yojanāntara iyaṁ pṛthivī yāvad dhaṁsa-bhāsa-śyena-suparṇādayaḥ patattri-pravarā utpatantīti.

tataḥ adhastāt

beneath that

śata-yojana

of one hundred yojanas

antare

by an interval

iyam

this

pṛthivī

planet earth

yāvat

as high as

haṁsa

swans

bhāsa

vultures

śyena

eagles

suparṇa-ādayaḥ

and other birds

patattri-pravarāḥ

the chief among birds

utpatanti

can fly

iti

thus.

Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas 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.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100 yojanas is the planet earth, whose upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly. This verse describes upper limit of Bhūrloka above the earth plane. Swans and other birds are transformations of earth.

Personal Guidance

Our earth extends only as far as the largest birds can fly — a small range, in cosmic terms. Don't take your stage too seriously; the universe has many stages, and yours is modest. That modesty is itself liberating.

Reflection Questions

Where am I overestimating the importance of the small stage I move on?
How would relativizing my stage make me lighter and more playful in it?

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