98 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 16
esarn madhye ilavrtam namabhyantara-varsam yasya nabhyam
avasthitah sarvaiah sauvarnah kula-giri-rajo merur dvipaéyadma-
samunnéhah karnikd-bhitah kuvalaya-kamalasya mirdhani dva-
trirsat sahasra-yojana-vitato mile sodasa-sahasram tdvat dntar-
bhimyadm pravistah.

esam—all these divisions of Jambidvipa; madhye—among: ilavrtam
nama—named Ilavrta-varsa; abhyantara-varsam—the inner division;
yasya—of which; nabhyam—in the navel; avasthitah—situated; sar-
vatah—entirely; sawvarnah—made of gold; kula-giri-rajah—the most
famous among famous mountains; meruh—Mount Meru; dvipa-ayama-
samunnahah—whose height is the same measurement as the width of
Jambidvipa: karnikd-bhitah—existing as the pericarp; kuvalaya—of
this planetary system; kamalasya—like a lotus flower: mirdhani—on
the top; dvd-trirnsat thirty-two; sahasra—thousand; yojana—yojanas
(eight miles each); vitatah—expanded; mule—at the base; sodasa-
sahasram—sixteen thousand yojanas; tdvat—so much; dntah-
bhiimydm—within the earth: pravistah—entered.

TRANSLATION

Amidst these divisions, or varsas, is the varsa named Ilavrta,
which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within II-
avrta-varsa is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru
Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bha-mandala plan-
etary system. The mountain’s height is the same as the width of
Jambidvipa—or, in other words, 100,000 yojanas [800,000
miles]. Of that, 16,000 yojanas [128,000 miles] are within the
earth, and therefore the mountain’s height above the earth is
84,000 yojanas [672,000 miles]. The mountain’s width is 32,000
yojanas [256,000 miles] at its summit and 16,000 yojanas at its
base.

TEXT 8

SMiMved aie: de Rasa raakemagent ai
RUT: ATTA SHI: atgeuat femeaaeT Tae:
TARA Tat Satoh sa og ated ll <I
