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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.21.1

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ ఏతావానేవ భూవలయస్య సన్నివేశ: ప్రమాణలక్షణతో వ్యాఖ్యాత: ॥ ౧ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
etāvān eva bhū-valayasya sanniveśaḥ pramāṇa-lakṣaṇato vyākhyātaḥ.
[etaavaan eva bhoo-valayasya sanniveshah pramaana-lakshanato vyaakhyaatah.]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said etāvān — so much eva — certainly bhū-valayasya sanniveśaḥ — the arrangement of the whole universe pramāṇa-lakṣaṇataḥ — according to measurement (fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles in width and length) and characteristics vyākhyātaḥ — estimated.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
etāvān eva bhū-valayasya sanniveśaḥ pramāṇa-lakṣaṇato vyākhyātaḥ.
etāvān
so much
eva
certainly
bhū-valayasya sanniveśaḥ
the arrangement of the whole universe
pramāṇa-lakṣaṇataḥ
according to measurement (fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles in width and length) and characteristics
vyākhyātaḥ
estimated.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have thus far described the diameter of the universe [fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles] and its general characteristics, according to the estimations of learned scholars.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: I have thus far described the form of the circular earth surface with dimensions. In the Twenty-first Chapter the sun’s movement through the zodiac signs, its rising, setting and its speed are described.
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