Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.27

jathara-devakūtau merum pūrvenāshtādaśa-yojana-sahasram udagāyatau dvi-sahasram prithu-tuńgau bhavatah; evam aparena pavana-pāriyātrau dakshinena kailāsa-karavīrau prāg-āyatāv evam uttaratas triśrińga-makarāv ashtabhir etaih parisrito 'gnir iva paritaś cakāsti kāñcana-girih

SYNONYMS

jathara-devakūtau — two mountains named Jathara and Devakūta; merum — Sumeru Mountain; pūrvena — on the eastern side; ashtādaśa-yojana-sahasram — eighteen thousand yojanas; udagāyatau — stretching from north to south; dvi-sahasram — two thousand yojanas; prithu-tuńgau — in width and height; bhavatah — there are; evam — similarly; aparena — on the western side; pavana-pāriyātrau — two mountains named Pavana and Pāriyātra; dakshinena — on the southern side; kailāsa-karavīrau — two mountains named Kailāsa and Karavīra; prāk-āyatau — expanding east and west; evam — similarly; uttaratah — on the northern side; triśrińga-makarau — two mountains named Triśrińga and Makara; ashtabhih etaih — by these eight mountains; parisritah — surrounded; agnih iva — like fire; paritah — all over; cakāsti — brilliantly shines; kāñcana-girih — the golden mountain named Sumeru, or Meru.

TRANSLATION

On the eastern side of Sumeru Mountain are two mountains named Jathara and Devakūta, which extend to the north and south for 18,000 yojanas [144,000 miles]. Similarly, on the western side of Sumeru are two mountains named Pavana and Pāriyātra, which also extend north and south for the same distance. On the southern side of Sumeru are two mountains named Kailāsa and Karavīra, which extend east and west for 18,000 yojanas, and on the northern side of Sumeru, extending for the same distance east and west, are two mountains named Triśrińga and Makara. The width and height of all these mountains is 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles]. Sumeru, a mountain of solid gold shining as brilliantly as fire, is surrounded by these eight mountains.

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