uttara-uttareṇa ilāvṛtam - further and further north of Ilāvṛta-varṣa; nīlaḥ - Nīla; śvetaḥ - Śveta; śṛṅgavān - Śṛṅgavān; iti - thus; trayaḥ - three mountains; ramyaka - Ramyaka; hiraṇmaya - Hiraṇmaya; kurūṇām - of the Kuru division; varṣāṇām - of the varṣas; maryādā-girayaḥ - the mountains marking the borders; prāk-āyatāḥ - extended on the eastern side; ubhayataḥ - to the east and the west; kṣāroda - the ocean of salt water; avadhayaḥ - extending to; dvi-sahasra-pṛthavaḥ - which are two thousand yojanas wide; eka-ekaśaḥ - one after another; pūrvasmāt - than the former; pūrvasmāt - than the former; uttaraḥ - further north; uttaraḥ - further north; daśa-amśa-adhika-amśena - by one tenth of the former; dairghyaḥ - in length; eva - indeed; hrasanti - become shorter.

Just north of Ilāvṛta-varṣa — and going further northward, one after another — are three mountains named Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgavān. These mark the borders of the three varṣas named Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya and Kuru and separate them from one another. The width of these mountains is 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles]. Lengthwise, they extend east and west to the beaches of the ocean of salt water. Going from south to north, the length of each mountain is one tenth that of the previous mountain, but the height of them all is the same.