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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 16]
advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam ādyam purāṇa-puruṣam nava-yauvanam ca
The limits of the expansions of Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be estimated by anyone, even a person as perfect as Brahmā, not to speak of tiny scientists whose senses and instruments are all imperfect and who cannot give us information of even this one universe. We should therefore be satisfied with the information obtainable from Vedic sources as spoken by authorities like Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
TEXT 5
यो वायं द्वीपः कुवलयकमत्कोशाभ्यन्तरकोशो नियुतयोजन विशालः समवर्तुलो यथा पुष्करपत्रम् ॥ ५ ॥
yo vāyam dvīpaḥ kuvalaya-kamala-kośābhyantara-kośo niyuta-yojana- viśālaḥ samavartulo yathā puṣkara-patram.
yaḥ—which; vā—either; ayam—this; dvīpaḥ—island; kuvalaya—   the Bhūloka; kamala-kośa—of the whorl of a lotus flower; abhyan-   tara—inner; kośaḥ—whorl; niyuta-yojana-viśālaḥ—one million yo-   janas (eight million miles) wide; samavartulaḥ—equally round, or hav-   ing a length and breadth of the same measurement; yathā—like;   puṣkara-patram—a lotus leaf.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 6
यस्मिन्नव वर्षाणि नवयोजनसद्वायामान्यष्टमिर्मर्यादागिरिमिः सुविभक्तानि भवन्ति ॥६॥