SB 5.16.12
TEXT 12
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TEXT
चतुर्ष्वेतेषु चूतजम्बूकदम्बन्यग्रोधाश्चत्वारः पादपप्रवराः पर्वतकेतव इवाधिसहस्रयोजनोन्नाहास्तावद्विटपविततयः शतयोजनपरिणाहाः. ॥ १२ ॥
catursv etesu cuta-jambu-kadamba-nyagrodhas catvarah padapa-
pravarah parvata-ketava ivadhi-sahasra-yojanonnahas tavad vitapa- vitatayah sata-yojana-parinahah. catursu-on the four; etesu-on these mountains, beginning with Mandara; cuta-jambu-kadamba-of trees such as the mango, rose apple and kadamba; nyagrodhah-and the banyan tree; catvarah-four kinds; padapa-pravarah-the best of trees; parvata-ketavah-the flagstaffs on the mountains; iva-like; adhi-over; sahasra-yojana-unnahah-one thousand yojanas high; tavat-so much also; vitapa-vitatayah-the length of the branches; sata-yojana-one hundred yojanas; parinahah-wide.
TRANSLATION
Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.
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