SB 5.16.12
Devanāgarī
चतुर्ष्वेतेषु चूतजम्बूकदम्बन्यग्रोधाश्चत्वार: पादप प्रवरा: पर्वतकेतव इवाधिसहस्रयोजनोन्नाहास्तावद् विटपविततय: शतयोजनपरिणाहा: ॥ १२ ॥
Text
caturṣv eteṣu cūta-jambū-kadamba-nyagrodhāś catvāraḥ pādapa-pravarāḥ parvata-ketava ivādhi-sahasra-yojanonnāhās tāvad viṭapa-vitatayaḥ śata-yojana-pariṇāhāḥ.
Synonyms
caturṣu—on the four;eteṣu—on these mountains, beginning with Mandara;cūta-jambū-kadamba—of trees such as the mango, rose apple andkadamba;nyagrodhāḥ—and the banyan tree;catvāraḥ—four kinds;pādapa-pravarāḥ—the best of trees;parvata-ketavaḥ—the flagstaffs on the mountains;iva—like;adhi—over;sahasra-yojana-unnāhāḥ—one thousandyojanashigh;tāvat—so much also;viṭapa-vitatayaḥ—the length of the branches;śata-yojana—one hundredyojanas;pariṇāhāḥ—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.
