SB 5.20.36

SB 5.20.36

Devanagari

लोकालोक इति समाख्या यदनेनाचलेन लोकालोकस्यान्तर्वर्तिनावस्थाप्यते ॥ ३६ ॥

Verse text

lokāloka iti samākhyā yad anenācalena lokālokasyāntarvar-tināvasthāpyate.

Synonyms

loka with light (or with inhabitants) ; alokaḥ without light (or without inhabitants) ; iti in this way ; samākhyā designation ; yat which ; anena by this ; acalena mountain ; loka of the land inhabited by living entities ; alokasya and of the land not inhabited by living entities ; antarvartinā which is in the middle ; avasthāpyate is established .

Translation

Between the lands inhabited by living entities and those that are uninhabited stands the great mountain which separates the two and which is therefore celebrated as Lokāloka.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Between the lands inhabited by living entities and those that are uninhabited stands the great mountain which separates the two and which is therefore celebrated as Lokāloka. Samākhyā means derivation of the word Lokāloka. It is so called because it is situated between the places with living beings (loka) and without living beings (aloka). The two areas are equal in dimension.