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CC Madhya 21.84 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 84

kṛṣṇa kahe, "ei brahmāṇḍa pañcāśat koṭi yojana
ati kṣudra, tāte tomāra cāri vadana


SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa kahe—Kṛṣṇa said; ei brahmāṇḍa—this universe; pañcāśat koṭi yojana—four billion miles; ati kṣudra—very small; tāte—therefore; tomāra—your; cāri vadana—four faces.


TRANSLATION

"Kṛṣṇa said, 'Your particular universe extends four billion miles; therefore it is the smallest of all the universes. Consequently you have only four heads.


PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, one of the greatest astrologers of his time, gives information from Siddhānta-śiromaṇi that this universe measures 18,712,069,200,000,000 x 8 miles. This is the circumference of this universe. According to some, this is only half the circumference.