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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 16]
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, the rolling wheels of Mahārāja Priyavrata's chariot created seven ditches, in which the seven oceans came into existence. Because of these seven oceans, Bhū-maṇḍala is divided into seven islands. You have given a very general description of their measurement, names and characteristics. Now I wish to know of them in detail. Kindly fulfill my desire.
TEXT 3
मगवतो गुणमये स्थूलरूप अवेशितं मनो ह्यगुणेऽपि मूक्ष्मतम आत्मज्योतिषि परे 
  ब्रह्मणि भगवति वासुदेवाल्ये क्षममावेशितुं तदु हैतद् गुरोऽर्हस्यनुवर्णयितु- 
  मिति ॥ ३ ॥
bhagavato guṇamaye sthūla-rūpa āveśitaṁ mano hy aguṇe 'pi 
  sūkṣmatama ātma-jyotiṣi pare brahmaṇi bhagavati vāsudevākhye 
  kṣamam āveśituṁ tad u haitad guro 'rhasy anuvarṇayitum iti.
bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; guṇa-maye—  
  into the external features, consisting of the three modes of material 
  nature;  sthūla-rūpe —the gross form;  āveśitam —entered;  manaḥ —the 
  mind;  hi —indeed;  aguṇe —transcendental;  api —although;  sūkṣma-  
 tame —in His smaller form as Paramātmā within the heart;  ātma-  
 jyotiṣi —who is full of Brahman effulgence;  pare —the supreme; 
 brahmaṇi —spiritual entity;  bhagavati —the Supreme Personality of 
  Godhead;  vāsudeva-ākhye —known as Bhagavān Vāsudeva;  kṣamam — 
  suitable;  āveśitum —to absorb;  tat —that;  u ha —indeed;  etat —this; 
 guro —O my dear spiritual master;  arhasi anuvarṇayitum —please de- 
  scribe factually;  iti —thus.
TRANSLATION
When the mind is fixed upon the Supreme Personality of 
  Godhead in His external feature made of the material modes of 
  nature—the gross universal form—it is brought to the platform of 
  pure goodness. In that transcendental position, one can under- 
  stand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, who in His