Text 2] The Structure of the Universe 273

TRANSLATION

The great sage Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hereafter I shall de-
scribe the dimensions, characteristics and forms of the six islands
beginning with the island of Plaksa.

TEXT 2

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Jambidvipo ’yarh yavat-pramdna-vistaras tavata ksarodadhina
parivestito yatha merur jambv-dkhyena lavanodadhir api tato dvi-guna-
visalena plaksakhyena pariksipto yatha parikha bahyopavanena. plakso
Jambi-pramano dvipakhyakaro hiranmaya utthito yatragnir updste
sapta-jihvas tasyddhipatih priyavratatmaja idhmajihvah svam dvipam
sapta-varsani vibhajya sapta-varsa-namabhya atmajebhya akalayya
svayam atma-yogenopararama.

jambi-dvipah—Jambidvipa, the island named Jamba; ayam—this;
yavat-pramdna-vistarah—as much as the measure of its width, namely
100,000 yojanas (one yojana equals eight miles); téavata—so much:
ksdra-udadhind —by the ocean of salt water; parivestitah—surrounded;
yatha—just as; meruh—Sumeru Mountain; jambi-akhyena—by the is-
land named Jamba; lavana-udadhih—the ocean of salt water; api—cer-
tainly; tatah—thereafter; dvi-guna-visdlena—which is twice as wide:
plaksa-akhyena—by the island named Plaksa; pariksiptah—sur-
rounded; yathd—like; parikha—a moat; bahya—external;
upavanena—by a gardenlike forest; plaksah—a plaksa tree; jambi-
pramanah—having the height of the jambi tree; dvipa-dkhyd-karah—
