116 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 16

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Jathara-devakiitau merum purvendstddasa-yojana-sahasram
udagdayatau dvi-sahasram prthu-tungau bhavatah. evam aparena
pavana-pariyatrau daksinena kailasa-karavirau prag-ayatav evam
uttaratas trispiga-makarav astabhir etaih parisrto ‘gnir iva paritas
cakasti kancana-girih.

jathara-devakiitau—two mountains named Jathara and Devakita;
merum—Sumeru Mountain; purvera—on the eastern side; astadasa-yo-
jana-sahasram—eighteen thousand yojanas; udgdyatau—stretching
from north to south; dvi-sahasram—two thousand yojanas; prthu-
turgau—in width and height; bhavatah—there are; evam—similarly;
aparena—on the western side; pavana-pariyatrau—two mountains
named Pavana and Pariyatra; daksinena —on the southern side; kaildsa-
karavirau—two mountains named Kailasa and Karavira; prak-dyatau—
expanding east and west; evam—similarly; uttaratah—on the northern
side; trisriga-makarau—two mountains named Trisrnga and Makara;
astabhih etaih—by these eight mountains; parisrtah—surrounded; ag-
nih wa—like fire; paritah—all over; cakdsti—brilliantly shines;
karicana-girih—the golden mountain named Sumeru, or Meru.

TRANSLATION

On the eastern side of Sumeru Mountain are two mountains
named Jathara and Devakita, which extend to the north and south
for 18,000 yojanas [144,000 miles]. Similarly, on the western side
of Sumeru are two mountains named Pavana and Pariyatra, which
also extend north and south for the same distance. On the
southern side of Sumeru are two mountains named Kailasa and
Karavira, which extend east and west for 18,000 yojanas, and on
the northern side of Sumeru, extending for the same distance east
and west, are two mountains named Trisrnga and Makara. The
