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TEXT 8
यत्र ह वै शाल्मली प्रक्षायामा यस्यां वाव किल वित्ययाद्वर्यगवतश्छन्दः स्तुतः पतत्त्रिराजस्य सा द्वीपहृतये उपलक्ष्यते ॥ ८ ॥
yatra ha vai śālmalī plakṣāyāmā yasyāṁ vāva kila nilayam āhur bhagavataś chandaḥ-stutaḥ patattri-rājasya sā dvīpa-hūtaye upalakṣyate.
yatra —where;  ha vai —certainly;  śālmalī —a  śālmalī  tree;  plakṣa-   āyāmā —as big as the  plakṣa  tree (one hundred  yojanas  broad and eleven hundred  yojanas  high);  yasyām —in which;  vāva kila —indeed;  nilayam —rest or living place;  āhuḥ —they say;  bhagavataḥ —of the most powerful;  chandaḥ-stutaḥ —who worships the Lord by Vedic prayers;  patattri-rājasya —of Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu;  sā — that tree;  dvīpa-hūtaye —for the name of the island;  upalakṣyate —is distinguished.
TRANSLATION
On Śālmalīdvīpa there is a śālmalī tree, from which the island takes its name. That tree is as broad and tall as the plakṣa tree—in other words 100  yojanas  [800 miles] broad and 1,100  yojanas  [8,800 miles] tall. Learned scholars say that this gigantic tree is the residence of Garuḍa, the king of all birds and carrier of Lord Viṣṇu. In that tree, Garuḍa offers Lord Viṣṇu his Vedic prayers.
TEXT 9
तद्द्वीपाधिपतिः प्रियव्रतात्मजो यज्ञबाहुः स्वसुतेभ्यः सप्तम्यस्तन्नामानि सप्तवर्षाणि न्यमजत्सुरोचनं सौमनस्यं रमणकं देववर्षं पारिमद्रमाप्यायनम- विज्ञातमिति ॥९॥
tad-dvīpādhipatiḥ priyavratātmajo yajñabāhuḥ sva-sutebhyaḥ saptabhyas tan-nāmāni sapta-varṣāṇi vyabhajat surocanaṁ saumanasyaṁ ramaṇakaṁ deva-varṣaṁ pāribhadram āpyāyanam avijñātam iti.