Text 10] A Description of Jambiadvipa 101

TEXT 10

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tathaivelavrtam aparena pirvena ca malyavad-gandhamddandav anila-
nisadhdayatau dvi-sahasram paprathatuh ketumdla-bhadrasvayoh
simanam vidadhate.

tathéd eva—exactly like that; ilavrtam aparena—on the western side
of Jlavrta-varsa; piirvena ca—and on the eastern side; mdélyavad-
gandha-madanau—the demarcation mountains of Malyavan on the west
and Gandhamadana on the east; d-nila-nisada-dyatau—on the northern
side up to the mountain known as Nila and on the southern side up to the
mountain known as Nisadha; dvi-sahasram—two thousand yojanas;
paprathatuh—they extend; ketumala-bhadrasvayoh—of the two varsas
named Ketumala and Bhadrasva; simadnam—the border; vidadhate—
establish.

TRANSLATION

In the same way, west and east of Ilavrta-varsa are two great
mountains named Malyavan and Gandhamadana respectively.
These two mountains, which are 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles]
high, extend as far as Nila Mountain in the north and Nisadha in
the south. They indicate the borders of [lavrta-varsa and also the
varsas known as Ketumala and Bhadrasva.

PURPORT

There are so many mountains, even on this planet earth. We do not
think that the measurements of all of them have actually been calculated.
While passing over the mountainous region from Mexico to Caracas, we
actually saw so many mountains that we doubt whether their height,
length and breadth have been properly measured. Therefore, as indi-
cated in Srimad-Bhagavatam by Sukadeva Gosvami, we should not try to
comprehend the greater mountainous areas of the universe merely by
our calculations. Sukadeva Gosvami has already stated that such
