भूर्लोक: कल्पित: पद्भ्यां भुवर्लोकोऽस्य नाभित: । हृदा स्वर्लोक उरसा महर्लोको महात्मन: ॥ ३८ ॥
bhurlokah kalpitah padbhyam bhuvarloko ’sya nabhitah hrda svarloka urasa maharloko mahatmanah
- bhuh
- the lower planetary systems up to the stratum of the earth
- lokah
- the planets
- kalpitah
- it is so imagined or said
- padbhyam
- out of the legs
- bhuvah
- the upper
- lokah
- the planetary system
- asya
- of Him (the Lord)
- nabhitah
- from the navel abdomen
- hrda
- by the heart
- svarlokah
- the planetary systems occupied by the demigods
- urasa
- by the chest
- maharlokah
- the planetary system occupied by great sages and saints
- maha-atmanah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
The lower planeary systems, up to the limit of the earthly stratum, are said to be situated in His legs. The middle planeary systems, beginning from Bhuvarloka, are situated in His navel. And the still higher planeary systems, occupied by the demigods and highly cultured sages and saints, are situated in the chest of the Supreme Lord.