Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.29

tām anuparito loka-pālānām aṣṭānāḿ yathā-diśaḿ yathā-rūpaḿ turīya-mānena puro 'ṣṭāv upakḷptāḥ

SYNONYMS

tām — that great township named Brahmapurī; anuparitaḥ — surrounding; loka-pālānām — of the governors of the planets; aṣṭānām — eight; yathā-diśam — according to the directions; yathā-rūpam — in exact conformity with the township of Brahmapurī; turīya-mānena — by measurement only one fourth; puraḥ — townships; aṣṭau — eight; upakḷptāḥ — situated.

TRANSLATION

Surrounding Brahmapurī in all directions are the residences of the eight principal governors of the planetary systems, beginning with King Indra. These abodes are similar to Brahmapurī but are one fourth the size.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura confirms that the townships of Lord Brahmā and the eight subordinate governors of the planetary systems, beginning with Indra, are mentioned in other Purāṇas.

merau nava-pūrāṇi syur

manovaty amarāvatī

tejovatī saḿyamanī

tathā kṛṣṇāńganā parā

śraddhāvatī gandhavatī

tathā cānyā mahodayā

yaśovatī ca brahmendra

bahyādīnāḿ yathā-kramam

Brahmā's township is known as Manovatī, and those of his assistants such as Indra and Agni are known as Amarāvatī, Tejovatī, Saḿyamanī, Kṛṣṇāńganā, Śraddhāvatī, Gandhavatī, Mahodayā and Yaśovatī. Brahmapurī is situated in the middle, and the other eight purīs surround it in all directions.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled, "A Description of Jambūdvīpa."

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