SB 5.16.7
Devanāgarī
एषां मध्ये इलावृतं नामाभ्यन्तरवर्षं यस्य नाभ्यामवस्थित: सर्वत: सौवर्ण: कुलगिरिराजो मेरुर्द्वीपायामसमुन्नाह: कर्णिकाभूत: कुवलयकमलस्य मूर्धनि द्वात्रिंशत् सहस्रयोजनविततो मूले षोडशसहस्रं तावतान्तर्भूम्यां प्रविष्ट: ॥ ७ ॥
Text
eṣāṁ madhye ilāvṛtaṁ nāmābhyantara-varṣaṁ yasya nābhyām avasthitaḥ sarvataḥ sauvarṇaḥ kula-giri-rājo merur dvīpāyāma-samunnāhaḥ karṇikā-bhūtaḥ kuvalaya-kamalasya mūrdhani dvā-triṁśat sahasra-yojana-vitato mūle ṣoḍaśa-sahasraṁ tāvat āntar-bhūmyāṁ praviṣṭaḥ.
Synonyms
eṣām—all these divisions of Jambūdvīpa;madhye—among;ilāvṛtamnāma—named Ilāvṛta-varṣa;abhyantara-varṣam—the inner division;yasya—of which;nābhyām—in the navel;avasthitaḥ—situated;sarvataḥ—entirely;sauvarṇaḥ—made of gold;kula-giri-rājaḥ—the most famous among famous mountains;meruḥ—Mount Meru;dvīpa-āyāma-samunnāhaḥ—whose height is the same measurement as the width of Jambūdvīpa;karṇikā-bhūtaḥ—existing as the pericarp;kuvalaya—of this planetary system;kamalasya—like a lotus flower;mūrdhani—on the top;dvā-triṁśat—thirty-two;sahasra—thousand;yojana—yojanas(eight miles each);vitataḥ—expanded;mūle—at the base;ṣoḍaśa-sahasram—sixteen thousandyojanas;tāvat—so much;āntaḥ-bhūmyām—within the earth;praviṣṭaḥ—entered.
Translation
Amidst these divisions, or varṣas, is the varṣa named Ilāvṛta, which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within Ilāvṛta-varṣa is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhū-maṇḍala planetary system. The mountain’s height is the same as the width of Jambūdvīpa — 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.