Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.1.33

kshārodekshu-rasoda-suroda-ghritoda-kshīroda-dadhi-mandoda-śuddhodāh sapta jaladhayah sapta dvīpa-parikhā ivābhyantara-dvīpa-samānā ekaikaśyena yathānupūrvam saptasv api bahir dvīpeshu prithak parita upakalpitās teshu jambv-ādishu barhishmatī-patir anuvratānātmajān āgnīdhredhmajihva-yajñabāhu-hiranyareto-ghritaprishtha-medhātithi-vītihotra-samjñān yathā-sańkhyenaikaikasminn ekam evādhi-patim vidadhe

SYNONYMS

kshāra — salt; uda — water; ikshu-rasa — the liquid extract from sugarcane; uda — water; surā — liquor; uda — water; ghrita — clarified butter; uda — water; kshīra — milk; uda — water; dadhi-manda — emulsified yogurt; uda — water; śuddha-udāh — and drinking water; sapta — seven; jala-dhayah — oceans; sapta — seven; dvīpa — islands; parikhāh — trenches; iva — like; abhyantara — internal; dvīpa — islands; samānāh — equal to; eka-ekaśyena — one after another; yathā-anupūrvam — in chronological order; saptasu — seven; api — although; bahih — outside; dvīpeshu — in islands; prithak — separate; paritah — all around; upakalpitāh — situated; teshu — within them; jambū-ādishu — beginning with Jambū; barhishmatī — of Barhishmatī; patih — the husband; anuvratān — who were actually followers of the father's principles; ātma-jān — sons; āgnīdhra-idhmajihva-yajñabāhu-hiranyaretah-ghritaprishtha-medhātithi-vītihotra-samjñān — named Āgnīdhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Hiranyaretā, Ghritaprishtha, Medhātithi and Vītihotra; yathā-sańkhyena — by the same number; eka-ekasmin — in each island; ekam — one; eva — certainly; adhi-patim — king; vidadhe — he made.

TRANSLATION

The seven oceans respectively contain salt water, sugarcane juice, liquor, clarified butter, milk, emulsified yogurt, and sweet drinking water. All the islands are completely surrounded by these oceans, and each ocean is equal in breadth to the island it surrounds. Mahārāja Priyavrata, the husband of Queen Barhishmatī, gave sovereignty over these islands to his respective sons, namely Āgnīdhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Hiranyaretā, Ghritaprishtha, Medhātithi and Vītihotra. Thus they all became kings by the order of their father.

PURPORT

It is to be understood that all the dvīpas, or islands, are surrounded by different types of oceans, and it is said herein that the breadth of each ocean is the same as that of the island it surrounds. The length of the oceans, however, cannot equal the length of the islands. According to Vīrarāghava Ācārya, the breadth of the first island is 100,000 yojanas. One yojana equals eight miles, and therefore the breadth of the first island is calculated to be 800,000 miles. The water surrounding it must have the same breadth, but its length must be different.

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