42 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 2

ksirodenaurtah sriman
yojanaéyutam ucchritah

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; dsit—there was; giri-
varah—a very big mountain; rajan—O King; tri-kitah—Trikata; iti—
thus; viSrutah—celebrated; ksira-udena—by the ocean of milk;
Gurtah—surrounded; sriman—very beautiful; yojana—a measurement
of eight miles; ayutam—ten thousand; ucchritah—very high.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, there is a very large
mountain called Trikita. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thou-
sand miles] high. Being surrounded by the ocean of milk, it is very
beautifully situated.

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tavata vistrtah paryak
tribhih srigaih payo-nidhim
disah kham rocayann aste
raupyayasa-hiranmayaih

anyais ca kakubhah sarva
ratna-dhdatu-vicitritaih

nana-druma-lata-gulmair
nirghosair nirjharambhasam

tavaté—in that way; vistrtah—length and breadth (eighty thousand
miles); paryak—all around; tribhih—with three; Srrigaih—peaks;
payah-nidhim—situated on an island in the ocean of milk; disah—all
