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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.23.1

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ అథ తస్మాత్పరతస్త్రయోదశలక్షయోజనాన్తరతో యత్తద్విష్ణో: పరమం పదమభివదన్తి యత్ర హ మహాభాగవతో ధ్రువ ఔత్తానపాదిరగ్నినేన్ద్రేణ ప్రజాపతినా కశ్యపేన ధర్మేణ చ సమకాలయుగ్భి: సబహుమానం దక్షిణత: క్రియమాణ ఇదానీమపి కల్పజీవినామాజీవ్య ఉపాస్తే తస్యేహానుభావ ఉపవర్ణిత: ॥ ౧ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
atha tasmāt paratas trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojanāntarato yat tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam abhivadanti yatra ha mahā-bhāgavato dhruva auttānapādir agninendreṇa prajāpatinā kaśyapena dharmeṇa ca samakāla-yugbhiḥ sabahu-mānaṁ dakṣiṇataḥ kriyamāṇa idānīm api kalpa-jīvinām ājīvya upāste tasyehānubhāva upavarṇitaḥ.
[atha tasmaat paratas trayodasha-laksha-yojanaantarato yat tad vishnoh paramam padam abhivadanti yatra ha mahaa-bhaagavato dhruva auttaanapaadir agninendrena prajaapatinaa kashyapena dharmena cha samakaala-yugbhih sabahu-maanam dakshinatah kriyamaana idaaneem api kalpa-jeevinaam aajeevya upaaste tasyehaanubhaava upavarnitah.]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said atha — thereupon tasmāt — the sphere of the seven stars parataḥ — beyond that trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojana-antarataḥ — another 1,300,000 yojanas yat — which tat — that viṣṇoḥ paramam padam — the supreme abode of Lord Viṣṇu, or the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu abhivadanti — the Ṛg Veda mantras praise yatra — on which ha — indeed mahā-bhāgavataḥ — the great devotee dhruvaḥ — Mahārāja Dhruva auttānapādiḥ — the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda agninā — by the fire-god indreṇa — by the heavenly King, Indra prajāpatinā — by the Prajāpati kaśyapena — by Kaśyapa dharmeṇa — by Dharmarāja ca — also samakāla-yugbhiḥ — who are engaged at the time sa-bahu-mānam — always respectfully dakṣiṇataḥ — on the right side kriyamāṇaḥ — being circumambulated idānīm — now api — even kalpa-jīvinām — of the living entities who exist at the end of the creation ājīvyaḥ — the source of life upāste — remains tasya — his iha — here anubhāvaḥ — greatness in discharging devotional service upavarṇitaḥ — already described (in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
atha tasmāt paratas trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojanāntarato yat tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam abhivadanti yatra ha mahā-bhāgavato dhruva auttānapādir agninendreṇa prajāpatinā kaśyapena dharmeṇa ca samakāla-yugbhiḥ sabahu-mānaṁ dakṣiṇataḥ kriyamāṇa idānīm api kalpa-jīvinām ājīvya upāste tasyehānubhāva upavarṇitaḥ.
atha
thereupon
tasmāt
the sphere of the seven stars
parataḥ
beyond that
trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojana-antarataḥ
another 1,300,000 yojanas
yat
which
tat
that
viṣṇoḥ paramam padam
the supreme abode of Lord Viṣṇu, or the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu
abhivadanti
the Ṛg Veda mantras praise
yatra
on which
ha
indeed
mahā-bhāgavataḥ
the great devotee
dhruvaḥ
Mahārāja Dhruva
auttānapādiḥ
the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda
agninā
by the fire-god
indreṇa
by the heavenly King, Indra
prajāpatinā
by the Prajāpati
kaśyapena
by Kaśyapa
dharmeṇa
by Dharmarāja
ca
also
samakāla-yugbhiḥ
who are engaged at the time
sa-bahu-mānam
always respectfully
dakṣiṇataḥ
on the right side
kriyamāṇaḥ
being circumambulated
idānīm
now
api
even
kalpa-jīvinām
of the living entities who exist at the end of the creation
ājīvyaḥ
the source of life
upāste
remains
tasya
his
iha
here
anubhāvaḥ
greatness in discharging devotional service
upavarṇitaḥ
already described (in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam).
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas [10,400,000 miles] above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Viṣṇu. There the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living entities who live until the end of the creation. Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides toward him. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva [in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: 1,300,000 yojanas above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Viṣṇu. There, the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva, remains until the end of the kalpa, around whom Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma rotate with respect. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva. In the Twenty-third chapter, Dhruvaloka and the zodiac belt in the form of a dolphin are described. Dhruvaloka is 3,900,000 yojanas above the earth. Samakāla-yugbhiḥ means “together at the same time in the form of the constellations.”
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