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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.16.37

క్షిత్యాదిభిరేష కిలావృత: సప్తభిర్దశగుణోత్తరైరణ్డకోశ: । యత్ర పతత్యణుకల్ప: సహాణ్డకోటికోటిభిస్తదనన్త: ॥ ౩౭ ॥
kṣity-ādibhir eṣa kilāvṛtaḥ
[kshity-aadibhir esha kilaavritah]
saptabhir daśa-guṇottarair aṇḍa-kośaḥ
[saptabhir dasha-gunottarair anda-koshah]
yatra pataty aṇu-kalpaḥ
[yatra pataty anu-kalpah]
sahāṇḍa-koṭi-koṭibhis tad anantaḥ
[sahaanda-koti-kotibhis tad anantah]
kṣiti-ādibhiḥ — by the ingredients of the material world, headed by earth eṣaḥ — this kila — indeed āvṛtaḥ — covered saptabhiḥ — seven daśa-guṇa-uttaraiḥ — each ten times more than the previous one aṇḍa-kośaḥ — egg-shaped universe yatra — in whom patati — falls aṇu-kalpaḥ — like a minute atom saha — with aṇḍa-koṭi-koṭibhiḥ — millions of such universes tat — therefore anantaḥ — (You are called) unlimited.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṣity-ādibhir eṣa kilāvṛtaḥ
kṣiti-ādibhiḥ
by the ingredients of the material world, headed by earth
eṣaḥ
this
kila
indeed
āvṛtaḥ
covered
saptabhir daśa-guṇottarair aṇḍa-kośaḥ
saptabhiḥ
seven
daśa-guṇa-uttaraiḥ
each ten times more than the previous one
aṇḍa-kośaḥ
egg-shaped universe
yatra pataty aṇu-kalpaḥ
yatra
in whom
patati
falls
aṇu-kalpaḥ
like a minute atom
sahāṇḍa-koṭi-koṭibhis tad anantaḥ
saha
with
aṇḍa-koṭi-koṭibhiḥ
millions of such universes
tat
therefore
anantaḥ
(You are called) unlimited.
Every universe is covered by seven layers — earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego — each ten times greater than the previous one. There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You. Therefore You are called unlimited [ananta].

The Brahma-saṁhitā (5.48) says:

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

The origin of the material creation is Mahā-Viṣṇu, who lies in the Causal Ocean. While He sleeps in that ocean, millions of universes are generated as He exhales, and they are all annihilated when He inhales. This Mahā-Viṣṇu is a plenary portion of a portion of Viṣṇu, Govinda ( yasya kalā-viśeṣaḥ ). The word kalā refers to a plenary portion of a plenary portion. From Kṛṣṇa, or Govinda, comes Balarāma; from Balarāma comes Saṅkarṣaṇa; from Saṅkarṣaṇa, Nārāyaṇa; from Nārāyaṇa, the second Saṅkarṣaṇa; from the second Saṅkarṣaṇa, Mahā-Viṣṇu; from Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; and from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu controls every universe. This gives an idea of the meaning of ananta, unlimited. What is to be said of the unlimited potency and existence of the Lord? This verse describes the coverings of the universe ( saptabhir daśa-guṇottarair aṇḍa-kośaḥ ). The first covering is earth, the second is water, the third is fire, the fourth is air, the fifth is sky, the sixth is the total material energy, and the seventh is the false ego. Beginning with the covering of earth, each covering is ten times greater than the previous one. Thus we can only imagine how great each universe is, and there are many millions of universes. As confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (10.42) :

athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jṣātena tavārjuna viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat

“But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.” The entire material world manifests only one fourth of the Supreme Lord’s energy. Therefore He is called ananta.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The universe covered by seven layers each ten times thicker than the previous layer, wanders about like an atom along with billions of other universes inside of you. Therefore you are unlimited. The Lord has bee described as existing in all time. Now he is described as existing in all space. The universe is surrounded by seven layers of earth, water, fire, ether, ahaṅkāra, mahat-tattva and prakṛti, [Note: In this list air is missing.] each ten times thicker than the previous layer. The universe moves about in you (yatra). Therefore you are unlimited.
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