282 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 20

plaksa-adisu—in the islands headed by Plaksa; paficasu—five;
purusdndm—of the inhabitants; dywh—long duration of life; in-
driyam—soundness of the senses; ojah—bodily strength; sahah—men-
tal strength; balam—physical strength; buddhih—intelligence;
vikramah—bravery; iti—thus; ca—also; sarvesim—of all of them; aut-
pattiki—inborn; siddhih—perfection; avisesena—without distinction;
vartate — exists.

TRANSLATION

O King, longevity, sensory prowess, physical and mental
strength, intelligence and bravery are naturally and equally
manifested in all the inhabitants of the five islands headed by
Plaksad vipa.

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plaksah sva-samaneneksu-rasodendurto yatha tatha dvipo “pi salmalo
dvi-guna-visdlah samanena surodendvrtah parivrikte.

plaksah—the land known as Plaksadvipa; sva-samanena—equal in
width; iksu-rasa—of sugarcane juice; udena—by an ocean; durtah—
surrounded; yatha —just as; tatha—similarly; dvipah —another island;
api—also; salmalah—known as Salmala; dvi-guna-visdlah—twice as
big; samanena—equal in width; surd-udena—by an ocean of liquor;
aurtah—surrounded; parivrrikte —exists.

TRANSLATION

Plaksadvipa is surrounded by an ocean of sugarcane juice, equal
in breadth to the island itself. Similarly, there is then another is-
land—Salmalidvipa—twice as broad as Plaksadvipa [400,000 yo-
janas, or 3,200,000 miles] and surrounded by an equally broad
body of water called Surasagara, the ocean that tastes like liquor.
