CC Madhya 21.7
Bengali
অনন্ত বৈকুণ্ঠ-পরব্যোম যার দলশ্রেণী ।
সর্বোপরি কৃষ্ণলোক ‘কর্ণিকার’ গণি ॥ ৭ ॥
সর্বোপরি কৃষ্ণলোক ‘কর্ণিকার’ গণি ॥ ৭ ॥
Verse text
ananta vaikuṇṭha-paravyoma yāra dala-śreṇī
sarvopari kṛṣṇaloka ‘karṇikāra’ gaṇi
sarvopari kṛṣṇaloka ‘karṇikāra’ gaṇi
Synonyms
ananta — unlimited; vaikuṇṭha — Vaikuṇṭha planets; para-vyoma — the spiritual sky; yāra — of which; dala-śreṇī — the bunches of outlying petals; sarva-upari — in the topmost portion of the spiritual sky; kṛṣṇa-loka — the abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa; karṇikāra gaṇi — we consider the whorl of the lotus flower.
Translation
“The shape of the spiritual sky is compared to a lotus flower. The topmost region of that flower is called the whorl, and within that whorl is Kṛṣṇa’s abode. The petals of the spiritual lotus flower consist of many Vaikuṇṭha planets.