Text 7] A Description of Jambiadvipa 97
yasmin nava varsdni nava-yojana-sahasrayamany astabhir maryada-
giribhih suvibhaktani bhavanti.

yasmin—in that Jambidvipa; nava—nine; varsdni—divisions of
land; nava-yojana-sahasra—72.000 miles in length; dyamani—
measuring; astabhih—by eight: maryadaé—indicating the boundaries;
giribhih—by mountains; suvibhaktani—nicely divided from one
another: bhavanti—are.

TRANSLATION

In Jambidvipa 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

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives the following quotation
from the Vayu Purana, wherein the locations of the various mountains,
beginning with the Himalayas, are described.

dhanurvat sarsthite jrieye dve varse daksinottare. dirghani tatra cat-
vari caturasram ilavrtam iti daksinottare bharatottara-kuru-varse cat-
vari kimpurusa-harivarsa-ramyaka-hiranmayadni __varsdni __nila-
nisadhayos tirascinibhiiya samudra-pravistayoh samlagnatvam
angikrtya bhadrasva-ketumdlayor api dhanur-ckrtitvam. atas tayor
dairghyata eva madhye sankucitatvena nava-sahasraydmatvam. il-
aurtasya tu meroh sakasat catur-diksu  nava-sahasradyamatvam
sambhavet vastutas tv ilavrta-bhadrdsva-ketumdlanam catus-trimésat-
sahasrdydmatvam jneyam.

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