Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe. Text 18

तथा घृतोदाद्बहिः क्रौञ्चद्वीपो द्विगुणः स्वमानेन क्षीरोदेन परित उपकॢप्तो वृतो
यथा कुशद्वीपो घृतोदेन यस्मिन् क्रौञ्चो नाम पर्वतराजो द्वीपनामनिर्वर्तक
आस्ते ॥१८॥

tathÄ ghá¹›todÄd bahiḥ krauñcadvÄ«po dvi-guṇaḥ sva-mÄnena kṣīrodena parita upakḷpto vá¹›to yathÄ kuÅ›advÄ«po ghá¹›todena yasmin krauñco nÄma parvata-rÄjo dvÄ«pa-nÄma-nirvartaka Äste

 tathÄ - so also; ghá¹›ta-udÄt - from the ocean of clarified butter; bahiḥ - outside; krauñca-dvÄ«paḥ - another island, known as KrauñcadvÄ«pa; dvi-guṇaḥ - twice as big; sva-mÄnena - as the same measurement; kṣīra-udena - by an ocean of milk; paritaḥ - all around; upakḷptaḥ - surrounded; vá¹›taḥ - surrounded; yathÄ - like; kuÅ›a-dvÄ«paḥ - the island known as KuÅ›advÄ«pa; ghá¹›ta-udena - by an ocean of clarified butter; yasmin - in which; krauñcaḥ nÄma - named Krauñca; parvata-rÄjaḥ - a king of mountains; dvÄ«pa-nÄma - the name of the island; nirvartakaḥ - bringing about; Äste - exists.


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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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