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SB 8.2.1

Devanāgarī

श्रीशुक उवाच आसीद् गिरिवरो राजंस्त्रिकूट इति विश्रुत: । क्षीरोदेनावृत: श्रीमान्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रित: ॥ १ ॥

Text

śrī-śuka uvāca āsīd girivaro rājaṁs trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ kṣīrodenāvṛtaḥ śrīmān yojanāyutam ucchritaḥ

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥuvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;āsīt—there was;girivaraḥ—a very big mountain;rājan—O King;tri-kūṭaḥ—Trikūṭa;iti—thus;viśrutaḥ—celebrated;kṣīra-udena—by the Ocean of Milk;āvṛtaḥ—surrounded;śrīmān—very beautiful;yojana—a measurement of eight miles;ayutam—ten thousand;ucchritaḥ—very high.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called Trikūṭa. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the Ocean of Milk, it is very beautifully situated.

Chapter 2SB 8.2.2