SB 5.24.6 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.24.6

తతోఽధస్తాచ్ఛతయోజనాన్తర ఇయం పృథివీ యావద్ధంసభాసశ్యేనసుపర్ణాదయ: పతత్‍త్రిప్రవరా ఉత్పతన్తీతి ॥ ౬ ॥

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.

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io