yojana

  • yojanas (eight miles each — SB 5.16.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.7

    Amidst these divisions, or varṣas, is the varṣa named Ilāvṛta, which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within Ilāvṛta-varṣa is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhū-maṇḍala planetary system. The mountain's height is the same as the width of Jambūdvīpa—or, in other words, 100,000 yojanas [800,000 miles]. Of that, 16,000 yojanas [128,000 miles] are within the earth, and therefore the mountain's height above the earth is 84,000 yojanas [672,000 miles]. The mountain's width is 32,000 yojanas [256,000 miles] at its summit and 16,000 yojanas at its base.
  • yojanas — SB 5.20.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.24

    Outside the ocean of milk is another island, Śākadvīpa, which has a width of 3,200,000 yojanas [25,600,000 miles]. As Krauñcadvīpa is surrounded by its own ocean of milk, Śākadvīpa is surrounded by an ocean of churned yogurt as broad as the island itself. In Śākadvīpa there is a big śāka tree, from which the island takes its name. This tree is very fragrant. Indeed, it lends its scent to the entire island.
  • a distance of eight miles — SB 5.24.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.2

    The sun globe, which is a source of heat, extends for 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles]. The moon extends for 20,000 yojanas [160,000 miles], and Rāhu extends for 30,000 yojanas [240,000 miles]. Formerly, when nectar was being distributed, Rāhu tried to create dissension between the sun and moon by interposing himself between them. Rāhu is inimical toward both the sun and the moon, and therefore he always tries to cover the sunshine and moonshine on the dark-moon day and full-moon night.    , Madhya 21.4plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 21.4

    "The breadth of each Vaikuṇṭha planet is described as eight miles multiplied by one hundred, by one thousand, by ten thousand, by one hundred thousand, and by ten million. In other words, each Vaikuṇṭha planet is expanded beyond our ability to measure.
  • a measurement equal to eight miles — SB 5.24.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.1

    Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, some historians, the speakers of the Purāṇas, say that 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] below the sun is the planet known as Rāhu, which moves like one of the stars. The presiding deity of that planet, who is the son of Siṁhikā, is the most abominable of all asuras, but although he is completely unfit to assume the position of a demigod or planetary deity, he has achieved that position by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Later I shall speak further about him.
  • a measurement of eight miles — SB 8.2.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.2.1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called Trikūṭa. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the ocean of milk, it is very beautifully situated.
  • eight miles — SB 5.20.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.30

    In the middle of that island is a great mountain named Mānasottara, which forms the boundary between the inner side and the outer side of the island. Its breadth and height are 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles]. On that mountain, in the four directions, are the residential quarters of demigods such as Indra. In the chariot of the sun-god, the sun travels on the top of the mountain in an orbit called the Saṁvatsara, encircling Mount Meru. The sun's path on the northern side is called Uttarāyaṇa, and its path on the southern side is called Dakṣiṇāyana. One side represents a day for the demigods, and the other represents their night.    , Ādi 5.119plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 5.119

    The universe, which measures five hundred million yojanas in diameter, rests on one of His hoods like a mustard seed.
  • eight-mile units of measurement — SB 5.25.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.25.1

    Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: My dear King, approximately 240,000 miles beneath the planet Pātāla lives another incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the expansion of Lord Viṣṇu known as Lord Ananta or Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. He is always in the transcendental position, but because He is worshiped by Lord Śiva, the deity of tamo-guṇa or darkness, He is sometimes called tāmasī. Lord Ananta is the predominating Deity of the material mode of ignorance as well as the false ego of all conditioned souls. When a conditioned living being thinks, "I am the enjoyer, and this world is meant to be enjoyed by me," this conception of life is dictated to him by Saṅkarṣaṇa. Thus the mundane conditioned soul thinks himself the Supreme Lord.
  • lengths of eight miles — Ādi 5.97plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 5.97

    The universe measures five hundred million yojanas. Its length and breadth are one and the same.

yojana-āyāma

  • occupying eight miles of land — SB 10.12.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.16

    After thus deciding, that crooked Aghāsura assumed the form of a huge python, as thick as a big mountain and as long as eight miles. Having assumed this wonderful python's body, he spread his mouth like a big cave in the mountains and lay down on the road, expecting to swallow Kṛṣṇa and His associates the cowherd boys.

yojana-ayuta-antareṇa

  • with an interval of ten thousand yojanas (eighty thousand miles) — SB 5.24.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.7

    My dear King, beneath this earth are seven other planets, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, Mahātala, Rasātala and Pātāla. I have already explained the situation of the planetary systems of earth. The width and length of the seven lower planetary systems are calculated to be exactly the same as those of earth.

yojana-ayuta-ayutam

  • a distance of eighty thousand miles — SB 5.24.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.27

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, how shall I glorify the character of Bali Mahārāja? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the three worlds, who is most compassionate to His own devotee, stands with club in hand at Bali Mahārāja's door. When Rāvaṇa, the powerful demon, came to gain victory over Bali Mahārāja, Vāmanadeva kicked him a distance of eighty thousand miles with His big toe. I shall explain the character and activities of Bali Mahārāja later [in the Eighth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].

yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt

  • by a distance of 1,600,000 miles — SB 5.22.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.16

    Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.

yojana-lakṣa-dvitaye

  • at a distance of 1,600,000 miles — SB 5.22.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.14

    Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mercury, or 8,800,000 miles above earth, is the planet Mars. If this planet does not travel in a crooked way, it crosses through each sign of the zodiac in three fortnights and in this way travels through all twelve, one after another. It almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences.

yojana-śata

  • of eight hundred miles — SB 5.26.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.28

    A person who in this life bears false witness or lies while transacting business or giving charity is severely punished after death by the agents of Yamarāja. Such a sinful man is taken to the top of a mountain eight hundred miles high and thrown headfirst into the hell known as Avīcimat. This hell has no shelter and is made of strong stone resembling the waves of water. There is no water there, however, and thus it is called Avīcimat [waterless]. Although the sinful man is repeatedly thrown from the mountain and his body broken to tiny pieces, he still does not die but continuously suffers chastisement.
  • one hundred yojanas (eight hundred miles) — SB 4.6.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.6.32

    That banyan tree was eight hundred miles high, and its branches spread over six hundred miles around. The tree cast a fine shade which permanently cooled the temperature, yet there was no noise of birds.

yojana-śatam

  • hundreds of miles — SB 8.24.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.26

    My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal.

aṣṭādaśa-yojana-sahasram

  • eighteen thousand yojanas — SB 5.16.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.27

    On the eastern side of Sumeru Mountain are two mountains named Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa, which extend to the north and south for 18,000 yojanas [144,000 miles]. Similarly, on the western side of Sumeru are two mountains named Pavana and Pāriyātra, which also extend north and south for the same distance. On the southern side of Sumeru are two mountains named Kailāsa and Karavīra, which extend east and west for 18,000 yojanas, and on the northern side of Sumeru, extending for the same distance east and west, are two mountains named Triśṛṅga and Makara. The width and height of all these mountains is 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles]. Sumeru, a mountain of solid gold shining as brilliantly as fire, is surrounded by these eight mountains.

ayuta-yojana

  • ten thousand yojanas — SB 5.16.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.28

    In the middle of the summit of Meru is the township of Lord Brahmā. Each of its four sides is calculated to extend for ten million yojanas [eighty million miles]. It is made entirely of gold, and therefore learned scholars and sages call it Śātakaumbhī.

ayuta-yojana-parimaṇḍale

  • having a circumference of eighty thousand miles — SB 5.26.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.14

    The killer of a brāhmaṇa is put into the hell known as Kālasūtra, which has a circumference of eighty thousand miles and which is made entirely of copper. Heated from below by fire and from above by the scorching sun, the copper surface of this planet is extremely hot. Thus the murderer of a brāhmaṇa suffers from being burned both internally and externally. Internally he is burning with hunger and thirst, and externally he is burning from the scorching heat of the sun and the fire beneath the copper surface. Therefore he sometimes lies down, sometimes sits, sometimes stands up and sometimes runs here and there. He must suffer in this way for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of an animal.

ayuta-yojana-utsedhāḥ

  • ten thousand yojanas high — SB 5.16.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.9

    Similarly, south of Ilāvṛta-varṣa and extending from east to west are three great mountains named (from north to south) Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa and Himālaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three varṣas named Hari-varṣa, Kimpuruṣa-varṣa and Bhārata-varṣa [India].

ayuta-yojana-vistāra-unnāhāḥ

  • which measure ten thousand yojanas high and wide — SB 5.16.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.11

    On the four sides of the great mountain known as Sumeru are four mountains-Mandara, Merumandara, Supārśva and Kumuda—which are like its belts. The length and height of these mountains are calculated to be 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles].

dvi-lakṣa-yojana-antara-gatāḥ

  • situated at a distance of 1,600,000 miles — SB 5.22.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.15

    Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mars, or 10,400,000 miles above earth, is the planet Jupiter, which travels through one sign of the zodiac within the period of a Parivatsara. If its movement is not curved, the planet Jupiter is very favorable to the brāhmaṇas of the universe.

ekādaśa-lakṣa-yojana-antare

  • at a distance of 1,100,000 yojanas — SB 5.22.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.17

    Situated 8,800,000 miles above Saturn, or 20,800,000 miles above earth, are the seven saintly sages, who are always thinking of the well-being of the inhabitants of the universe. They circumambulate the supreme abode of Lord Viṣṇu, known as Dhruvaloka, the polestar.

ekādaśa-śata-yojana-uttuṅga

  • 1,100 yojanas high — SB 5.16.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.16

    On the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain is a mango tree named Devacūta. It is 1,100 yojanas high. Mangoes as big as mountain peaks and as sweet as nectar fall from the top of this tree for the enjoyment of the denizens of heaven.

karila yojana

  • harnessed — Madhya 14.50plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 14.50

    Becoming even more eager to move the car, the King had very strong elephants brought forth and harnessed to it.

lakṣa-yojana

  • one hundred thousand yojanas (eight hundred thousand miles) — SB 8.7.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.7.9

    When the demigods and demons saw that Mandara Mountain had been lifted, they were enlivened and encouraged to begin churning again. The mountain rested on the back of the great tortoise, which extended for eight hundred thousand miles like a large island.
  • of 90,000,000 yojanas — SB 5.21.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.21.19

    My dear King, in his orbit through Bhū-maṇḍala, the sun-god traverses a distance of 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles] at the speed of 2,000 yojanas and two krośas [16,004 miles] in a moment.
  • 72,000 miles in length — SB 5.16.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.6

    In Jambūdvīpa there are nine divisions of land, each with a length of 9,000 yojanas [72,000 miles]. There are eight mountains that mark the boundaries of these divisions and separate them nicely.

niyuta-yojana-viśālaḥ

  • one million yojanas (eight million miles) wide — SB 5.16.5plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.5

    The planetary system known as Bhū-maṇḍala resembles a lotus flower, and its seven islands resemble the whorl of that flower. The length and breadth of the island known as Jambūdvīpa, which is situated in the middle of the whorl, are one million yojanas [eight million miles]. Jambūdvīpa is round like the leaf of a lotus flower.

pañcāśat koṭi yojana

  • four billion miles — Madhya 21.84plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 21.84

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

pra yojana

  • goal — Madhya 20.143plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.143

    "In Vedic literatures, Kṛṣṇa is the central point of attraction, and His service is our activity. To attain the platform of love of Kṛṣṇa is life's ultimate goal. Therefore Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa's service and love of Kṛṣṇa are the three great riches of life.

sahasra yojana

  • thousands of miles — Madhya 5.146plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 5.146

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic vibrations and sounds. Although the temple was only six miles away, to Him the distance seemed thousands of miles.

sahasra-yojana-unnāhāḥ

  • one thousand yojanas high — SB 5.16.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.12

    Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.

ṣaṭ-triṁśat-lakṣa-yojana-āyataḥ

  • 3,600,000 yojanas long — SB 5.21.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.21.15

    My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god's chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas [28,800,000 miles] long and one-fourth as wide [900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles]. The chariot's horses, which are named after Gāyatrī and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Aruṇadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.

śata-yojana

  • of one hundred yojanas — SB 5.24.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.6

    Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly.
  • one hundred yojanas — SB 5.16.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.12

    Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.

trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojana-antarataḥ

  • another 1,300,000 yojanas — SB 5.23.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.23.1

    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].