SB 10.89.47
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 47
- sapta dvīpān sa-sindhūṁś ca
- sapta sapta girīn atha
- lokālokaṁ tathātītya
- viveśa su-mahat tamaḥ
SYNONYMS
sapta — seven; dvīpān — islands; sa — with; sindhūn — their oceans; ca — and; sapta sapta — seven each; girīn — mountains; atha — then; loka-alokam — the mountain range separating light from darkness; tathā — also; atītya — crossing; viveśa — He entered; su-mahat — vast; tamaḥ — darkness.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
The Lord's chariot passed over the seven islands of the middle universe, each with its ocean and its seven principal mountains. Then it crossed the Lokāloka boundary and entered the vast region of total darkness.
PURPORT
In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrīla Prabhupāda notes, "Kṛṣṇa passed over all these planets and reached the covering of the universe. This covering is described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as great darkness. This material world as a whole is described as dark. In the opening space there is sunlight, and therefore it is illuminated, but in the covering, because of the absence of sunlight, it is naturally dark."