भवन्ति ॥६॥
yasmin nava vará¹£Äṇi nava-yojana-sahasrÄyÄmÄny aá¹£á¹abhir maryÄdÄ-giribhiḥ suvibhaktÄni bhavanti
yasmin - in that JambÅ«dvÄ«pa; nava - nine; vará¹£Äṇi - divisions of land; nava-yojana-sahasra - 72,000 miles in length; ÄyÄmÄni - measuring; aá¹£á¹abhiḥ - by eight; maryÄdÄ - indicating the boundaries; giribhiḥ - by mountains; suvibhaktÄni - nicely divided from one another; bhavanti - are.
In Jambūdvīpa there are nine divisions of land, each with a length of 9,000 yojanas [72,000 miles]. There are eight mountains that mark the boundaries of these divisions and separate them nicely.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura gives the following quotation from the VÄyu PurÄṇa, wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the HimÄlayas, are described.
dhanurvat saá¹sthite jñeye dve vará¹£e daká¹£iṇottare; dÄ«rghÄṇi tatra catvÄri caturasram ilÄvá¹›tam iti daká¹£iṇottare bhÄratottara-kuru-vará¹£e catvÄri kiá¹puruá¹£a-harivará¹£a-ramyaka-hiraṇmayÄni vará¹£Äṇi nÄ«la-niá¹£adhayos tiraÅ›cinÄ«bhÅ«ya samudra-praviá¹£á¹ayoḥ saá¹lagnatvam aá¹…gÄ«ká¹›tya bhadrÄÅ›va-ketumÄlayor api dhanur-Äká¹›titvam; atas tayor dairghyata eva madhye saá¹…kucitatvena nava-sahasrÄyÄmatvam; ilÄvá¹›tasya tu meroḥ sakÄÅ›Ät catur-diká¹£u nava-sahasrÄyÄmatvaá¹ saá¹bhavet vastutas tv ilÄvá¹›ta-bhadrÄÅ›va-ketumÄlÄnÄá¹ catus-triá¹Å›at-sahasrÄyÄmatvaá¹ jñeyam.
