Canto 5, Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Verse 36 (SB 5.20.36)
SB 5.20.36 • मूल श्लोक

लोकालोक इति समाख्या यदनेनाचलेन लोकालोकस्यान्तर्वर्तिनावस्थाप्यते ॥ ३६ ॥

Transliteration

lokāloka iti samākhyā yad anenācalena lokālokasyāntarvar-tināvasthāpyate.

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda