tad-dvipa-madhye manasottara-namaika evarvacina-paracina-varsayor
maryadacalo 'yuta-yojanocchrayayamo yatra tu catasrsu diksu catvari
purani loka-palanam indradinam yad-uparistat surya-rathasya merum
paribhramatah samvatsaratmakam cakram devanam aho-ratrabhyam
paribhramati.
tat-dvipa-madhye-within that island; manasottara-Manasottara; nama-named; ekah-one; eva-indeed; arvacina-on this side; paracina-and beyond, or outside; varsayoh-of tracts of land; maryada-indicating the boundary; acalah-a great mountain; ayuta-ten thousand; yojana-eight miles; ucchraya-ayamah-whose height and width; yatra-where; tu-but; catasrsu-in the four; diksu-directions; catvari-four; purani-cities; loka-palanam-of the directors of planetary systems; indra-adinam-headed by Indra; yat-of which; uparistat-on the top; surya-rathasya-of the chariot of the sun-god; merum-Meru Mountain; paribhramatah-while circumambulating; samvatsara-atmakam-consisting of one samvatsara; cakram-wheel or orbit; devanam-of the demigods; ahah-ratrabhyam-by the day and night; paribhramati-moves around.