SB 5.16.7
TEXT 7
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TEXT
एषां मध्ये इलावृतं नामाभ्यन्तरवर्षं यस्य नाभ्यामवस्थितः सर्वतः सौवर्णः कुलगिरिराजो मेरुर्द्वीपायामसमुन्नाहः कर्णिकाभूतः कुवलयकमलस्य मूर्धनि द्वात्रिंशत्सहस्रयोजनविततो मूले षोडशसहस्रं तावतान्तर्भूम्यां प्रविष्टः. ॥ ७ ॥
esam madhye ilavrtam namabhyantara-varsam yasya nabhyam
avasthitah sarvatah sauvarnah kula-giri-rajo merur dvipayama- samunnahah karnika-bhutah kuvalaya-kamalasya murdhani dva- trimsat sahasra-yojana-vitato mule sodasa-sahasram tavat antar- bhumyam pravistah. esam-all these divisions of Jambudvipa; madhye-among; ilavrtam nama-named Ilavrta-varsa; abhyantara-varsam-the inner division; yasya-of which; nabhyam-in the navel; avasthitah-situated; sarvatah-entirely; sauvarnah-made of gold; kula-giri-rajah-the most famous among famous mountains; meruh-Mount Meru; dvipa-ayama-samunnahah-whose height is the same measurement as the width of Jambudvipa; karnika-bhutah-existing as the pericarp; kuvalaya-of this planetary system; kamalasya-like a lotus flower; murdhani-on the top; dva-trimsat-thirty-two; sahasra-thousand; yojana-yojanas (eight miles each); vitatah-expanded; mule-at the base; sodasa-sahasram-sixteen thousand yojanas; tavat-so much; antah-bhumyam-within the earth; pravistah-entered.
TRANSLATION
Amidst these divisions, or varsas, is the varsa named Ilavrta, which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within Ilavrta-varsa is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhu-mandala planetary system. The mountain's height is the same as the width of Jambudvipa-or, in other words, 100,000 yojanas [800,000 miles]. Of that, 16,000 yojanas [128,000 miles] are within the earth, and therefore the mountain's height above the earth is 84,000 yojanas [672,000 miles]. The mountain's width is 32,000 yojanas [256,000 miles] at its summit and 16,000 yojanas at its base.
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