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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 16]
TEXT 27
जठरदेवकूटौ मेरुं पूर्वेणाष्टादशयोजनसहस्रमुदगायतौ द्विसहस्रं पृथुतुङ्गौ भवतः । एवमपरेण पवनपारियात्रौ दक्षिणेन कैलासकरवीरौ प्रागाय- तावेवमुत्तरतन्निभृङ्गमकराग्रष्टभिरेतैः परिस्तृतोऽग्निरिव परितश्चकास्तिकाञ्चन- गिरिः ॥२७॥
jaṭhara-devakūṭau meruṁ purveṇāṣṭādaśa-yojana-sahasram udagāyatau dvi-sahasraṁ pṛthu-tuṅgau bhavataḥ. evam apareṇa pavana-pāriyātrau dakṣiṇena kailāsa-karavīrau prāg-āyatāv evam uttaratas triśṛṅga-makarāv aṣṭabhir etaiḥ pariṣṛto 'gnir iva paritaś cakāsti kāñcana-giriḥ.
jaṭhara-devakūṭau —two mountains named Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa;  merum —Sumeru Mountain;  pūrveṇa —on the eastern side;  aṣṭādaśa-yo-   jana-sahasram —eighteen thousand  yojanas ;  udgāyatau —stretching from north to south;  dvi-sahasram —two thousand  yojanas ;  pṛthu-   tuṅgau —in width and height;  bhavataḥ —there are;  evam —similarly;  apareṇa —on the western side;  pavana-pāriyātrau —two mountains named Pavana and Pāriyātra;  dakṣiṇena —on the southern side;  kailāsa-   karavīrau —two mountains named Kailāsa and Karavīra;  prāk-āyatau — expanding east and west;  evam —similarly;  uttarataḥ —on the northern side;  triśṛṅga-makarau —two mountains named Triśṛṅga and Makara;  aṣṭabhiḥ etaiḥ —by these eight mountains;  pariṣṛtaḥ —surrounded;  ag-   niḥ iva —like fire;  paritaḥ —all over;  cakāsti —brilliantly shines;  kāñcana-giriḥ —the golden mountain named Sumeru, or Meru.
TRANSLATION
On the eastern side of Sumeru Mountain are two mountains named Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa, which extend to the north and south for 18,000  yojanas  [144,000 miles]. Similarly, on the western side of Sumeru are two mountains named Pavana and Pāriyātra, which also extend north and south for the same distance. On the southern side of Sumeru are two mountains named Kailāsa and Karavīra, which extend east and west for 18,000  yojanas , and on the northern side of Sumeru, extending for the same distance east and west, are two mountains named Triśṛṅga and Makara. The