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A Description of Jambūdvīpa
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तथैवेलावृतमपरेण पूर्वेण च माल्यवद्गन्धमादनावानीलनिषधायतौ द्विसहस्रं पप्रथतुः केतुमालमद्राश्वयोः सीमानं विदधाते ॥ १० ॥
tathaivelāvṛtam apareṇa pūrveṇa ca mālyavad-gandhamādanāv ānīla- niṣadhāyatau dvi-sahasram paprathatuḥ ketumāla-bhadrāśvayoḥ sīmānam vidadhāte.
tathā eva —exactly like that;  ilāvṛtam apareṇa —on the western side of Ilāvṛta-varṣa;  pūrveṇa ca —and on the eastern side;  mālyavad-gandha-mādanau —the demarcation mountains of Mālyavān on the west and Gandhamādana on the east;  ā-nīla-niṣada-āyatau —on the northern side up to the mountain known as Nīla and on the southern side up to the mountain known as Niṣadha;  dvi-sahasram —two thousand  yojanas ;  paprathatuḥ —they extend;  ketumāla-bhadrāśvayoḥ —of the two  varṣas  named Ketumāla and Bhadrāśva;  sīmānam —the border;  vidadhāte —establish.
TRANSLATION
In the same way, west and east of Ilāvṛta-varṣa are two great mountains named Mālyavān and Gandhamādana respectively. These two mountains, which are 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles] high, extend as far as Nīla Mountain in the north and Niṣadha in the south. They indicate the borders of Ilāvṛta-varṣa and also the  varṣas  known as Ketumāla and Bhadrāśva.
PURPORT
There are so many mountains, even on this planet earth. We do not think that the measurements of all of them have actually been calculated. While passing over the mountainous region from Mexico to Caracas, we actually saw so many mountains that we doubt whether their height, length and breadth have been properly measured. Therefore, as indicated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, we should not try to comprehend the greater mountainous areas of the universe merely by our calculations. Śukadeva Gosvāmī has already stated that such