चतुर्ष्वेतेषु चूतजम्बूकदम्बन्यग्रोधाश्चत्वार: पादप प्रवरा: पर्वतकेतव इवाधिसहस्रयोजनोन्नाहास्तावद् विटपविततय: शतयोजनपरिणाहा: ॥ १२ ॥
catursv etesu cuta-jambu-kadamba-nyagrodhas catvarah padapa-pravarah parvata-ketava ivadhi-sahasra-yojanonnahas tavad vitapa-vitatayah sata-yojana-parinahah.
- catursu
- on the four
- etesu
- on these mountains, beginning with Mandara
- cuta-jambu-kadamba
- of trees such as the mango, rose apple and kadamba
- nyagrodhah
- and the banyan tree
- catvarah
- four kinds
- padapa-pravarah
- the best of trees
- parvata-ketavah
- the flagstaffs on the mountains
- iva
- like
- adhi
- over
- sahasra-yojana-unnahah
- one thousand yojanas high
- tavat
- so much also
- vitapa-vitatayah
- the length of the branches
- sata-yojana
- one hundred yojanas
- parinahah
- wide
Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas (800 miles) and a height of 1,100 yojanas (8,800 miles). Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.