उपवर्णितं भूमेर्यथासन्निवेशावस्थानमवनेरप्यधस्तात् सप्त भूविवरा एकैकशो योजनायुतान्तरेणायामविस्तारेणोपक्लृप्ता अतलं वितलं सुतलं तलातलं महातलं रसातलं पातालमिति ॥ ७ ॥
upavarnitam bhumer yatha-sannivesavasthanam avaner apy adhastat sapta bhu-vivara ekaikaso yojanayutantarenayama-vistarenopaklpta atalam vitalam sutalam talatalam mahatalam rasatalam patalam iti.
- upavarnitam
- stated previously
- bhumeh
- of the planet earth
- yatha-sannivesa-avasthanam
- according to the arrangement of the different places
- avaneh
- the earth
- api
- certainly
- adhastat
- beneath
- sapta
- seven
- bhu-vivarah
- other planets
- eka-ekasah
- in succession, up to the outer limit of the universe
- yojana-ayuta-antarena
- with an interval of ten thousand yojanas (eighty thousand miles)
- ayama-vistarena
- by width and length
- upaklptah
- situated
- atalam
- named Atala
- vitalam
- Vitala
- sutalam
- Sutala
- talatalam
- Talatala
- mahatalam
- Mahatala
- rasatalam
- Rasatala
- patalam
- Patala
- iti
- thus
My dear King, beneath this earth are seven other planes, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala and Patala. I have already explained the situation of the planeary systems of earth. The width and length of the seven lower planeary systems are calculated to be exactly the same as those of earth.