श्रीशुक उवाच एतावानेव भूवलयस्य सन्निवेश: प्रमाणलक्षणतो व्याख्यात: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca etavan eva bhu-valayasya sannivesah pramana-laksanato vyakhyatah.
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- etavan
- so much
- eva
- certainly
- bhu-valayasya sannivesah
- the arrangement of the whole universe
- pramana-laksanatah
- according to measurement (fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles in width and length) and characteristics
- vyakhyatah
- estimated.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, I have thus far described the diameter of the universe (fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles) and its general characteristics, according to the estimations of learned scholars.