ब्रह्मलोकोत्तरं गत्वा तुषितानां च मण्डलम् । गोलोकं शिवलोकं च पितृलोकमतीत्य च ॥ ४३ ॥
brahmalōkōttaraṁ gatvā tuṣitānāṁ ca maṇḍalam | gōlōkaṁ śivalōkaṁ ca pitṛlōkamatītya ca || 43 ||
Translation
going above the world of Brahmā and the sphere of the Tuṣitas, and passing the world of the cows, the world of Śiva and the world of the ancestors,
Word by word
- brahma
- of Brahmā
- lōka
- the world
- uttaraṁ
- above
- gatvā
- going
- tuṣitānāṁ
- of the Tuṣitas
- ca
- and
- maṇḍalam
- the sphere
- gō
- of the cows
- śiva
- of Śiva
- pitṛ
- of the ancestors
- atītya
- passing
Meaning
The Tuṣitas are a class of gods, called by the commentaries "the ever-content". Goloka, Śivaloka and the world of the ancestors are named as further worlds; the order is not a map but a sense of passing world after world.