Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.7

eshām madhye ilāvritam nāmābhyantara-varsham yasya nābhyām avasthitah sarvatah sauvarnah kula-giri-rājo merur dvīpāyāma-samunnāhah karnikā-bhūtah kuvalaya-kamalasya mūrdhani dvā-trimśat sahasra-yojana-vitato mūle shodaśa-sahasram tāvat āntar-bhūmyām pravishtah

SYNONYMS

eshām — all these divisions of Jambūdvīpa; madhye — among; ilāvritam nāma — named Ilāvrita-varsha; abhyantara-varsham — the inner division; yasya — of which; nābhyām — in the navel; avasthitah — situated; sarvatah — entirely; sauvarnah — made of gold; kula-giri-rājah — the most famous among famous mountains; meruh — Mount Meru; dvīpa-āyāma-samunnāhah — whose height is the same measurement as the width of Jambūdvīpa; karnikā-bhūtah — existing as the pericarp; kuvalaya — of this planetary system; kamalasya — like a lotus flower; mūrdhani — on the top; dvā-trimśat — thirty-two; sahasra — thousand; yojana — yojanas (eight miles each; vitatah — expanded; mūle — at the base; shodaśa-sahasram — sixteen thousand yojanas; tāvat — so much; āntah-bhūmyām — within the earth; pravishtah — entered.

TRANSLATION

Amidst these divisions, or varshas, is the varsha named Ilāvrita, which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within Ilāvrita-varsha is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhū-mandala planetary system. The mountain's height is the same as the width of Jambūdvīpa — or, in other words, 100,000 yojanas [800,000 miles]. Of that, 16,000 yojanas [128,000 miles] are within the earth, and therefore the mountain's height above the earth is 84,000 yojanas [672,000 miles]. The mountain's width is 32,000 yojanas [256,000 miles] at its summit and 16,000 yojanas at its base.

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