Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 16: A Description of Jambudvipa. Text 9

एवं दक्षिणेनेलावृतं निषधो हेमकूटो हिमालय इति प्रागायता यथा नीलादयो
ऽयुतयोजनोत्सेधा हरिवर्षकिम्पुरुषभारतानां यथासङ्ख्यम् ॥९॥

evaá¹ daká¹£iṇenelÄvá¹›taá¹ niá¹£adho hemakÅ«á¹­o himÄlaya iti prÄg-ÄyatÄ yathÄ nÄ«lÄdayo 'yuta-yojanotsedhÄ hari-vará¹£a-kimpuruá¹£a-bhÄratÄnÄá¹ yathÄ-saá¹…khyam

 evam - thus; daká¹£iṇena - by degrees to the southern side; ilÄvá¹›tam - of IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a; niá¹£adhaḥ hema-kÅ«á¹­aḥ himÄlayaḥ - three mountains named Niá¹£adha, HemakÅ«á¹­a and HimÄlaya; iti - thus; prÄk-ÄyatÄḥ - extended to the east; yathÄ - just as; nÄ«la-Ädayaḥ - the mountains headed by NÄ«la; ayuta-yojana-utsedhÄḥ - ten thousand yojanas high; hari-vará¹£a - the division named Hari-vará¹£a; kimpuruá¹£a - the division named Kimpuruá¹£a; bhÄratÄnÄm - the division named BhÄrata-vará¹£a; yathÄ-saá¹…khyam - according to number.


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Similarly, south of IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a and extending from east to west are three great mountains named (from north to south) Niá¹£adha, HemakÅ«á¹­a and HimÄlaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three vará¹£as named Hari-vará¹£a, Kimpuruá¹£a-vará¹£a and BhÄrata-vará¹£a [India].

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