उत्तरोत्तरेणेलावृतं नील: श्वेत: शृङ्गवानिति त्रयो रम्यकहिरण्मयकुरूणां वर्षाणां मर्यादागिरय: प्रागायता उभयत: क्षारोदावधयो द्विसहस्रपृथव एकैकश: पूर्वस्मात्पूर्वस्मादुत्तर उत्तरो दशांशाधिकांशेन दैर्घ्य एव ह्रसन्ति ॥ ८ ॥
uttarottarenelavrtam nilah svetah srngavan iti trayo ramyaka-hiranmaya-kurunam varsanam maryada-girayah prag-ayata ubhayatah ksarodavadhayo dvi-sahasra-prthava ekaikasah purvasmat purvasmad uttara uttaro dasamsadhikamsena dairghya eva hrasanti.
- uttara-uttarena ilavrtam
- further and further north of Ilavrta-varsa
- nilah
- Nila
- svetah
- Sveta
- srngavan
- Srngavan
- iti
- thus
- trayah
- three mountains
- ramyaka
- Ramyaka
- hiranmaya
- Hiranmaya
- kurunam
- of the Kuru division
- varsanam
- of the varsas
- maryada-girayah
- the mountains marking the borders
- prak-ayatah
- extended on the eastern side
- ubhayatah
- to the east and the west
- ksaroda
- the ocean of salt water
- avadhayah
- extending to
- dvi-sahasra-prthavah
- which are two thousand yojanas wide
- eka-ekasah
- one after another
- purvasmat
- than the former
- purvasmat
- than the former
- uttarah
- further north
- uttarah
- further north
- dasa-amsa-adhika-amsena
- by one tenth of the former
- dairghyah
- in length
- eva
- indeed
- hrasanti
- become shorter
Just north of Ilavrta-varsa—and going further northward, one after another—are three mountains named Nila, Sveta and Srngavan. These mark the borders of the three varsas named Ramyaka, Hiranmaya and Kuru and separate them from one another. The width of these mountains is 2,000 yojanas (16,000 miles). Lengthwise, they extend east and west to the beaches of the ocean of salt water. Going from south to north, the length of each mountain is one tenth that of the previous mountain, but the height of them all is the same.