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SB 5.16.9

Devanāgarī

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

Text

evaṁ dakṣiṇenelāvṛtaṁ niṣadho hemakūṭo himālaya iti prāg-āyatā yathā nīlādayo ’yuta-yojanotsedhā hari-varṣa-kimpuruṣa-bhāratānāṁ yathā-saṅkhyam.

Synonyms

evam—thus;dakṣiṇena—by degrees to the southern side;ilāvṛtam—of Ilāvṛta-varṣa;niṣadhaḥhema-kūṭaḥhimālayaḥ—three mountains named Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa and Himālaya;iti—thus;prāk-āyatāḥ—extended to the east;yathā—just as;nīla-ādayaḥ—the mountains headed by Nīla;ayuta-yojana-utsedhāḥ—ten thousandyojanashigh;hari-varṣa—the division named Hari-varṣa;kimpuruṣa—the division named Kimpuruṣa;bhāratānām—the division named Bhārata-varṣa;yathā-saṅkhyam—according to number.

Translation

Similarly, south of Ilāvṛta-varṣa and extending from east to west are three great mountains named (from north to south) Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa and Himālaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three varṣas named Hari-varṣa, Kimpuruṣa-varṣa and Bhārata-varṣa [India].

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