SB 5.16.6

TEXT 6
 
TEXT
यस्मिन्नव वर्षाणि नवयोजनसहस्रायामान्यष्टभिर्मर्यादागिरिभिः सुविभक्तानि भवन्ति. ॥ ६ ॥
yasmin nava varsani nava-yojana-sahasrayamany astabhir maryada-
giribhiḥ suvibhaktani bhavanti.
yasmin-in that Jambūdvipa; nava-nine; varsani-divisions of land; nava-yojana-sahasra-72,000 miles in length; ayamani-measuring; astabhiḥ-by eight; maryada-indicating the boundaries; giribhiḥ-by mountains; suvibhaktani-nicely divided from one another; bhavanti-are.
TRANSLATION
In Jambūdvipa there are nine divisions of land, each with a length of 9,000 yojanas [72,000 miles]. There are eight mountains that mark the boundaries of these divisions and separate them nicely.
PURPORT
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Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives the following quotation from the Vayu Purana, wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the Himalayas, are described.
dhanurvat samsthite jneye dve varse daksinottare. dirghani tatra catvari
caturasram ilavrtam iti daksinottare bharatottara-kuru-varse catvari
kimpurusa-harivarsa-ramyaka-hiranmayani varsani nila-
nisadhayos tirascinibhūya samudra-pravistayoḥ samlagnatvam
ahgikrtya bhadrasva-ketumalayor api dhanur-akrtitvam. atas tayor
dairghyata eva madhye sahkucitatvena nava-sahasrayamatvam. ilavrtasya
tu meroḥ sakasat catur-diksu nava-sahasrayamatvam
sambhavet vastutas tv ilavrta-bhadrasva-ketumalanam catus-trimsat-
sahasrayamatvam jneyam.

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