SB 5.16.9

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एवं दक्षिणेनेलावृतं निषधो हेमकूटो हिमालय इति प्रागायता यथा नीलादयो ऽयुतयोजनोत्सेधा हरिवर्षकिम्पुरुषभारतानां यथासङ्ख्यम् ॥ ९ ॥

evam daksinenelavrtam nisadho hemakuto himalaya iti prag-ayata
yatha niladayo 'yuta-yojanotsedha hari-varsa-kimpurusa-bharatanam
yatha-saṅkhyam.

evam-thus; daksinena-by degrees to the southern side; ilavrtam-of Ilavrta-varsa; nisadhah hema-kutah himalayah-three mountains named Nisadha, Hemakuta and Himalaya; iti-thus; prak-ayatah-extended to the east; yatha-just as; nila-adayah-the mountains headed by Nila; ayuta-yojana-utsedhah-ten thousand yojanas high; hari-varsa-the division named Hari-varsa; kimpurusa-the division named Kimpurusa; bharatanam-the division named Bharata-varsa; yatha-saṅkhyam-according to number.

TRANSLATION

Similarly, south of Ilavrta-varsa and extending from east to west are three great mountains named (from north to south) Nisadha, Hemakuta and Himalaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three varsas named Hari-varsa, Kimpurusa-varsa and Bharata-varsa [India].

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