jambudvipo 'yam yavat-pramana-vistaras tavata ksarodadhina
parivestito yatha merur jambv-akhyena lavanodadhir api tato dvi-guna-
visalena plaksakhyena pariksipto yatha parikha bahyopavanena. plakso
jambu-pramano dvipakhyakaro hiranmaya utthito yatragnir upaste
sapta-jihvas tasyadhipatih priyavratatmaja idhmajihvah svam dvipam
sapta-varsani vibhajya sapta-varsa-namabhya atmajebhya akalayya
svayam atma-yogenopararama.
jambu-dvipah-Jambudvipa, the island named Jambu; ayam-this; yavat-pramana-vistarah-as much as the measure of its width, namely 100,000 yojanas (one yojana equals eight miles); tavata-so much; ksara-udadhina-by the ocean of salt water; parivestitah-surrounded; yatha-just as; meruh-Sumeru Mountain; jambu-akhyena-by the island named Jambu; lavana-udadhih-the ocean of salt water; api-certainly; tatah-thereafter; dvi-guna-visalena-which is twice as wide; plaksa-akhyena-by the island named Plaksa; pariksiptah-surrounded; yatha-like; parikha-a moat; bahya-external; upavanena-by a gardenlike forest; plaksah-a plaksa tree; jambu-pramanah-having the height of the jambu tree; dvipa-akhya-karah-causing the name of the island; hiranmayah-magnificently splendorous; utthitah-rising; yatra-where; agnih-a fire; upaste-is situated; sapta-jihvah-having seven flames; tasya-of that island; adhipatih-the king or master; priyavrata-atmajah-the son of King Priyavrata; idhma-jihvah-named Idhmajihva; svam-own; dvipam-island; sapta-seven; varsani-tracts of land; vibhajya-dividing into; sapta-varsa-namabhyah-for whom the seven tracts of land were named; atmajebhyah-to his own sons; akalayya-offering; svayam-personally; atma-yogena-by the devotional service of the Lord; upararama-he retired from all material activities.