Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis. Text 1

श्रीशुक उवाच
आसीद् गिरिवरो राजंस्त्रिकूट इति विश्रुतः ।
क्षीरोदेनावृतः श्रीमान्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रितः ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
ÄsÄ«d girivaro rÄjaá¹s
trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ
kṣīrodenÄvá¹›taḥ Å›rÄ«mÄn
yojanÄyutam ucchritaḥ

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; ÄsÄ«t - there was; girivaraḥ - a very big mountain; rÄjan - O King; tri-kÅ«á¹­aḥ - TrikÅ«á¹­a; iti - thus; viÅ›rutaḥ - celebrated; kṣīra-udena - by the ocean of milk; Ävá¹›taḥ - surrounded; Å›rÄ«mÄn - very beautiful; yojana - a measurement of eight miles; ayutam - ten thousand; ucchritaḥ - very high.


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Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called TrikÅ«á¹­a. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the Ocean of Milk, it is very beautifully situated.

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