एषां मध्ये इलावृतं नामाभ्यन्तरवर्षं यस्य नाभ्यामवस्थित: सर्वत: सौवर्ण: कुलगिरिराजो मेरुर्द्वीपायामसमुन्नाह: कर्णिकाभूत: कुवलयकमलस्य मूर्धनि द्वात्रिंशत् सहस्रयोजनविततो मूले षोडशसहस्रं तावतान्तर्भूम्यां प्रविष्ट: ॥ ७ ॥
esam madhye ilavrtam namabhyantara-varsam yasya nabhyam avasthitah sarvatah sauvarnah kula-giri-rajo merur dvipayama-samunnahah karnika-bhutah kuvalaya-kamalasya murdhani dva-trimsat sahasra-yojana-vitato mule sodasa-sahasram tavat antar-bhumyam pravistah.
- esam
- all these divisions of Jambudvipa
- madhye
- among
- ilavrtam nama
- named Ilavrta-varsa
- abhyantara-varsam
- the inner division
- yasya
- of which
- nabhyam
- in the navel
- avasthitah
- situated
- sarvatah
- entirely
- sauvarnah
- made of gold
- kula-giri-rajah
- the most famous among famous mountains
- meruh
- Mount Meru
- dvipa-ayama-samunnahah
- whose height is the same measurement as the width of Jambudvipa
- karnika-bhutah
- existing as the pericarp
- kuvalaya
- of this planetary system
- kamalasya
- like a lotus flower
- murdhani
- on the top
- dva-trimsat
- thirty-two
- sahasra
- thousand
- yojana
- yojanas (eight miles each)
- vitatah
- expanded
- mule
- at the base
- sodasa-sahasram
- sixteen thousand yojanas
- tavat
- so much
- antah-bhumyam
- within the earth
- pravistah
- entered
Amidst these divisions, or varsas, is the varsa named Ilavrta, which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within Ilavrta-varsa is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhu-mandala planetary system. The mountain’s height is the same as the width of Jambudvipa — or, in other words, 100,000 yojanas [800,000 miles]. Of that, 16,000 yojanas [128,000 miles] are within the earth, and therefore the mountain’s height above the earth is 84,000 yojanas [672,000 miles]. The mountain’s width is 32,000 yojanas [256,000 miles] at its summit and 16,000 yojanas at its base.