esam madhye ilavrtam namabhyantara-varsam yasya nabhyam
avasthitah sarvatah sauvarnah kula-giri-rajo merur dvipayama-
samunnahah karnika-bhutah kuvalaya-kamalasya murdhani dva-
trimsat sahasra-yojana-vitato mule sodasa-sahasram tavat antar-
bhumyam pravistah.
esam-all these divisions of Jambudvipa; madhye-among; ilavrtam nama-named Ilavrta-varsa; abhyantara-varsam-the inner division; yasya-of which; nabhyam-in the navel; avasthitah-situated; sarvatah-entirely; sauvarnah-made of gold; kula-giri-rajah-the most famous among famous mountains; meruh-Mount Meru; dvipa-ayama-samunnahah-whose height is the same measurement as the width of Jambudvipa; karnika-bhutah-existing as the pericarp; kuvalaya-of this planetary system; kamalasya-like a lotus flower; murdhani-on the top; dva-trimsat-thirty-two; sahasra-thousand; yojana-yojanas (eight miles each); vitatah-expanded; mule-at the base; sodasa-sahasram-sixteen thousand yojanas; tavat-so much; antah-bhumyam-within the earth; pravistah-entered.