uttarottarenelavrtam nilah svetah srṅgavan iti trayo ramyaka-
hiranmaya-kurunam varsanam maryada-girayah prag-ayata
ubhayatah ksarodavadhayo dvi-sahasra-prthava ekaikasah purvasmat
purvasmad uttara uttaro dasamsadhikamsena dairghya eva hrasanti.
uttara-uttarena ilavrtam-further and further north of Ilavrta-varsa; nilah-Nila; svetah-Sveta; srṅgavan-Srṅgavan; iti-thus; trayah-three mountains; ramyaka-Ramyaka; hiranmaya-Hiranmaya; kurunam-of the Kuru division; varsanam-of the varsas; maryada-girayah-the mountains marking the borders; prak-ayatah-extended on the eastern side; ubhayatah-to the east and the west; ksaroda-the ocean of salt water; avadhayah-extending to; dvi-sahasra-prthavah-which are two thousand yojanas wide; eka-ekasah-one after another; purvasmat-than the former; purvasmat-than the former; uttarah-further north; uttarah-further north; dasa-amsa-adhika-amsena-by one tenth of the former; dairghyah-in length; eva-indeed; hrasanti-become shorter.