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A Description of Jambūdvīpa
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uttarottareṇelāvṛtam nīlaḥ śvetaḥ śṛṅgavān iti trayo ramyaka- hiraṇmaya-kurūṇām varṣānām maryādā-girayaḥ prāg-āyatā ubhayataḥ kṣārodāvadhayo dvi-sahasra-pṛthava ekaikaśaḥ pūrvasmāt pūrvasmād uttara uttaro daśāmśādhikāmśena dairghya eva hrasanti.
uttara-uttareṇa ilāvṛtam—further and further north of Ilāvṛta-varṣa; nīlaḥ—Nīla; śvetaḥ—Śveta; śṛṅgavān—Śṛṅgavān; iti—thus; trayaḥ— three mountains; ramyaka—Ramyaka; hiraṇmaya—Hiraṇmaya; kurūṇām—of the Kuru division; varṣānām—of the varṣas; maryādā- girayaḥ—the mountains marking the borders; prāk-āyatāḥ—extended on the eastern side; ubhayataḥ—to the east and the west; kṣāroda—the ocean of salt water; avadhayaḥ—extending to; dvi-sahasra-pṛthavaḥ— which are two thousand yojanas wide; eka-ekaśaḥ—one after another; pūrvasmāt—than the former; pūrvasmāt—than the former; uttaraḥ— further north; uttaraḥ—further north; daśa-amśa-adhika-amśena—by one tenth of the former; dairghyaḥ—in length; eva—indeed; hra- santi—become shorter.
TRANSLATION
Just north of Ilāvṛta-varṣa—and going further northward, one after another—are three mountains named Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgavān. These mark the borders of the three varṣas named Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya and Kuru and separate them from one another. The width of these mountains is 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles]. Lengthwise, they extend east and west to the beaches of the ocean of salt water. Going from south to north, the length of each mountain is one tenth that of the previous mountain, but the height of them all is the same.
PURPORT
In this regard, Madhvācārya quotes the following verses from the  Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa :
yathā bhāgavate tūktam bhauvanam kośa-lakṣaṇam tasyāvirodhato yojyam anya-granthāntare sthitam