evam surodad bahis tad-dvi-gunah samanenavrto ghrtodena yatha-
purvah kusa-dvipo yasmin kusa-stambo deva-krtas tad-dvipakhyakaro
jvalana ivaparah sva-saspa-rocisa diso virajayati.
evam-thus; surodat-from the ocean of liquor; bahih-outside; tat-dvi-gunah-twice that; samanena-equal in width; avrtah-surrounded; ghrta-udena-an ocean of clarified butter; yatha-purvah-as previously with Salmalidvipa; kusa-dvipa-the island called Kusadvipa; yasmin-in which; kusa-stambah-kusa grass; deva-krtah-created by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat-dvipa-akhya-karah-giving the island its name; jvalanah-fire; iva-like; aparah-another; sva-saspa-rocisa-by the effulgence of the young sprouting grass; disah-all directions; virajayati-illuminates.