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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.5
yo vāyam dvīpah kuvalaya-kamala-kośābhyantara-kośo niyuta-yojana-viśālah samavartulo yathā pushkara-patram
SYNONYMS
yah — which; vā — either; ayam — this; dvīpah — island; kuvalaya — the Bhūloka; kamala-kośa — of the whorl of a lotus flower; abhyantara — inner; kośah — whorl; niyuta-yojana-viśālah — one million yojanas (eight million miles) wide; samavartulah — equally round, or having a length and breadth of the same measurement; yathā — like; pushkara-patram — a lotus leaf.
TRANSLATION
The planetary system known as Bhū-mandala resembles a lotus flower, and its seven islands resemble the whorl of that flower. The length and breadth of the island known as Jambūdvīpa, which is situated in the middle of the whorl, are one million yojanas [eight million miles]. Jambūdvīpa is round like the leaf of a lotus flower.
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