Text 8] A Description of Jambidvipa 99
uttarottarenelaurtam nilah svetah srigavan itl trayo ramyaka-
hiranmaya-kuriinam varsaném marydda-girayah prag-adyata
ubhayatah ksaroddvadhayo dvi-sahasra-prthava ekaikasah piirvasmat
plrvasmdd uttara uttaro dasarsadhikamsena dairghya eva hrasanti.

ultara-uttarena ilavrtam—further and further north of [lavrta-varsa;
nilah—Nila; svetah—Sveta: Srigavan—Srngavan; iti—thus; trayah—
three mountains: ramyaka—Ramyaka; hiranmaya—Hiranmaya;
kurtinadm—of the Kuru division; varsanam—of the varsas; marydada-
girayah—the mountains marking the borders; prak-ayatah—extended
on the eastern side; ubhayatah—to the east and the west; ksdroda—the
ocean of salt water; avadhayah—extending to; dvi-sahasra-prthavah—
which are two thousand yojanas wide; eka-ekasah—one after another:
purvasmat—than the former; pirvasmat—than the former; uttarah—
further north; uttarah—further north; dasa-amsa-adhika-amsena—by
one tenth of the former; dairghyah—in length; eva—indeed; hra-
santi—become shorter.

TRANSLATION

Just north of [lavrta-varsa—and going further northward, one
after another—are three mountains named Nila, Sveta and
Srngavan. These mark the borders of the three varsas named
Ramyaka, Hiranmaya and Kuru and separate them from one
another. The width of these mountains is 2,000 yojanas [16,000
miles]. Lengthwise, they extend east and west to the beaches of the
ocean of salt water. Going from south to north, the length of each
mountain is one tenth that of the previous mountain, but the
height of them all is the same.

PURPORT

In this regard, Madhvacarya quotes the following verses from the

Brahmanda Purana:
yatha bhagavate tiktarn
bhauvanam kosa-laksanam
tasyavirodhato yoyyam
anya-granthantare sthitam
