Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.18

tathā ghritodād bahih krauñcadvīpo dvi-gunah sva-mānena kshīrodena parita upaklpto vrito yathā kuśadvīpo ghritodena yasmin krauñco nāma parvata-rājo dvīpa-nāma-nirvartaka āste

SYNONYMS

tathā — so also; ghrita-udāt — from the ocean of clarified butter; bahih — outside; krauñca-dvīpah — another island, known as Krauñcadvīpa; dvi-gunah — twice as big; sva-mānena — as the same measurement; kshīra-udena — by an ocean of milk; paritah — all around; upaklptah — surrounded; vritah — surrounded; yathā — like; kuśa-dvīpah — the island known as Kuśadvīpa; ghrita-udena — by an ocean of clarified butter; yasmin — in which; krauñcah nāma — named Krauñca; parvata-rājah — a king of mountains; dvīpa-nāma — the name of the island; nirvartakah — bringing about; āste — exists.

TRANSLATION

Outside the ocean of clarified butter is another island, known as Krauñcadvīpa, which has a width of 1,600,000 yojanas [12,800,000 miles], twice the width of the ocean of clarified butter. As Kuśadvīpa is surrounded by an ocean of clarified butter, Krauñcadvīpa is surrounded by an ocean of milk as broad as the island itself. On Krauñcadvīpa there is a great mountain known as Krauñca, from which the island takes its name.

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