एतावाँल्लोकविन्यासो मानलक्षणसंस्थाभिर्विचिन्तित: कविभि: स तु पञ्चाशत्कोटिगणितस्य भूगोलस्य तुरीयभागोऽयं लोकालोकाचल: ॥ ३८ ॥
etaval loka-vinyaso mana-laksana-samsthabhir vicintitah kavibhih sa tu pancasat-koti-ganitasya bhu-golasya turiya-bhago ’yam lokalokacalah.
- etavan
- this much
- loka-vinyasah
- the placing of the different planets
- mana
- with measurements
- laksana
- symptoms
- samsthabhih
- as well as with their different situations
- vicintitah
- established by scientific calculations
- kavibhih
- by learned scholars
- sah
- that
- tu
- but
- pancasat-koti
- 500,000,000 yojanas
- ganitasya
- which is measured at
- bhu-golasya
- of the planetary system known as Bhugolaka
- turiya-bhagah
- one fourth
- ayam
- this
- lokaloka-acalah
- the mountain known as Lokaloka
Learned scholars who are free from mistakes, illusions and propensities to cheat have thus described the planeary systems and their particular symptoms, measurements and locations. With great deliberation, they have established the truth that the distance between Sumeru and the mountain known as Lokaloka is one fourth of the diameter of the universe—or, in other words, 125,000,000 yojanas (1 billion miles).