SB 5.23.1 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीशुक उवाच अथ तस्मात्परतस्त्रयोदशलक्षयोजनान्तरतो यत्तद्विष्णो: परमं पदमभिवदन्ति यत्र ह महाभागवतो ध्रुव औत्तानपादिरग्निनेन्द्रेण प्रजापतिना कश्यपेन धर्मेण च समकालयुग्भि: सबहुमानं दक्षिणत: क्रियमाण इदानीमपि कल्पजीविनामाजीव्य उपास्ते तस्येहानुभाव उपवर्णित: ॥ १ ॥

Verse text

śrī-śuka uvāca atha tasmāt paratas trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojanāntarato yat tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam abhivadanti yatra ha mahā-bhāgavato dhruva auttānapādir agninendreṇa prajāpatinā kaśyapena dharmeṇa ca samakāla-yugbhiḥ sabahu-mānaṁ dakṣiṇataḥ kriyamāṇa idānīm api kalpa-jīvinām ājīvya upāste tasyehānubhāva upavarṇitaḥ.

Synonyms

śrī — śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said ; atha — thereupon ; tasmāt — the sphere of the seven stars ; parataḥ — beyond that ; trayodaśa — lakṣa — yojana — antarataḥ — another 1,300,000 yojanas ; yat — which ; tat — that ; viṣṇoḥ paramam padam — the supreme abode of Lord Viṣṇu, or the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu ; abhivadanti — the Ṛg Veda mantras praise ; yatra — on which ; ha — indeed ; mahā — bhāgavataḥ — the great devotee ; dhruvaḥ — Mahārāja Dhruva ; auttānapādiḥ — the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda ; agninā — by the fire-god ; indreṇa — by the heavenly King, Indra ; prajāpatinā — by the Prajāpati ; kaśyapena — by Kaśyapa ; dharmeṇa — by Dharmarāja ; ca — also ; samakāla — yugbhiḥ — who are engaged at the time ; sa — bahu — mānam — always respectfully ; dakṣiṇataḥ — on the right side ; kriyamāṇaḥ — being circumambulated ; idānīm — now ; api — even ; kalpa — jīvinām — of the living entities who exist at the end of the creation ; ājīvyaḥ — the source of life ; upāste — remains ; tasya — his ; iha — here ; anubhāvaḥ — greatness in discharging devotional service ; upavarṇitaḥ — already described (in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ) .

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas [10,400,000 miles] above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Viṣṇu. There the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living entities who live until the end of the creation. Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides toward him. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva [in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: 1,300,000 yojanas above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Viṣṇu. There, the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva, remains until the end of the kalpa, around whom Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma rotate with respect. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva. In the Twenty-third chapter, Dhruvaloka and the zodiac belt in the form of a dolphin are described. Dhruvaloka is 3,900,000 yojanas above the earth. Samakāla-yugbhiḥ means “together at the same time in the form of the constellations.”