SB 5.16.9 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

evaṁ dakṣiṇenelāvṛtaṁ niṣadho hemakūṭo himālaya iti prāg-āyatā yathā nīlādayo ’yuta-yojanotsedhā hari-varṣa-kimpuruṣa-bhāratānāṁ yathā-saṅkhyam.

Synonyms

evam — thus ; dakṣiṇena — by degrees to the southern side ; ilāvṛtam — of Ilāvṛta-varṣa ; niṣadhaḥ hema — kūṭaḥ himālayaḥ — three mountains named Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa and Himālaya ; iti — thus ; prāk — āyatāḥ — extended to the east ; yathā — just as ; nīla — ādayaḥ — the mountains headed by Nīla ; ayuta — yojana — utsedhāḥ — ten thousand yojanas high ; hari — varṣa — the division named Hari-varṣa ; kimpuruṣa — the division named Kimpuruṣa ; bhāratānām — the division named Bhārata-varṣa ; yathā — saṅkhyam — according to number .

Translation

Similarly, south of Ilāvṛta-varṣa and extending from east to west are three great mountains named (from north to south) Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa and Himālaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three varṣas named Hari-varṣa, Kimpuruṣa-varṣa and Bhārata-varṣa [India].

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Similarly, south of Ilāvṛta-varṣa and extending from east to west are three great mountains named Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa and Himālaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas high, similar to Nīla and the rest. They mark the boundaries of the three varṣas named Hari-varṣa, Kimpuruṣa-varṣa and Bhārata-varṣa. They are 10,000 yojanas in height. Nīla and the other mountains to the north of Ilāvṛta are the same height. The width of these mountains is the same as Nīla. They mark the boundaries respectively of the varṣas.