Text 7]
A Description of Jambūdvīpa
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yasmin nava varṣāṇi nava-yojana-sahasrāyāmāny aṣṭabhir maryādā-giribhiḥ suvibhaktāni bhavanti.
yasmin—in that Jambūdvīpa; nava—nine; varṣāṇi—divisions of land; nava-yojana-sahasra—72,000 miles in length; āyāmāni—measuring; aṣṭabhiḥ—by eight; maryādā—indicating the boundaries; giribhiḥ—by mountains; suvibhaktāni—nicely divided from one another; bhavanti—are.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura gives the following quotation from the  Vāyu Purāṇa , wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the Himalayas, are described.
dhanurvat saṁsthite jñeye dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare. dīrghāṇi tatra cat-vāri caturasram ilāvṛtam iti dakṣiṇottare bhāratottara-kuru-varṣe cat-vāri kiṁpuruṣa-harivarṣa-ramyaka-hiraṇmayāni varṣāṇi nīla-niṣadhayos tiraścinībhūya samudra-praviṣṭayoḥ saṁlagnatvam aṅgīkṛtya bhadrāśva-ketumālayor api dhanur-ākṛtitvam. atas tayor dairghyata eva madhye saṅkucitatvena nava-sahasrāyāmatvam. ilāvṛtasya tu meroḥ sakāśāt catur-dikṣu nava-sahasrāyāmatvaṁ saṁbhavet vastutas tv ilāvṛta-bhadrāśva-ketumālānāṁ catus-triṁśat-sahasrāyāmatvaṁ jñeyam.
TEXT 7
एषां मध्ये इलावृतं नामाभ्यन्तरवर्षं यस्य नाभ्यामवस्थितः सर्वतः सौवर्णः कुलगिरिराजो मेरुद्वीपायामसमुन्नाहः कर्णिकाभूतः कुवलयकमलस्य मूर्धनि द्वात्रिंशत् सहस्र योजनवित्ततो मूले षोडशसहस्रं तावतान्तर्भूयां प्रविष्टः ॥ ७ ॥