एवं सुरोदाद्बहिस्तद्द्विगुण: समानेनावृतो घृतोदेन यथापूर्व: कुशद्वीपो यस्मिन् कुशस्तम्बो देवकृतस्तद्द्वीपाख्याकरो ज्वलन इवापर: स्वशष्परोचिषा दिशो विराजयति ॥ १३ ॥
evam surodad bahis tad-dvi-gunah samanenavrto ghrtodena yatha-purvah kusa-dvipo yasmin kusa-stambo deva-krtas tad-dvipakhyakaro jvalana ivaparah sva-saspa-rocisa diso virajayati.
- evam
- thus
- surodat
- from the ocean of liquor
- bahih
- outside
- tat-dvi-gunah
- twice that
- samanena
- equal in width
- avrtah
- surrounded
- ghrta-udena
- an ocean of clarified butter
- yatha-purvah
- as previously with Salmalidvipa
- kusa-dvipa
- the island called Kusadvipa
- yasmin
- in which
- kusa-stambah
- kusa grass
- deva-krtah
- created by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- tat-dvipa-akhya-karah
- giving the island its name
- jvalanah
- fire
- iva
- like
- aparah
- another
- sva-saspa-rocisa
- by the effulgence of the young sprouting grass
- disah
- all directions
- virajayati
- illuminates
Outside the ocean of liquor is another island, known as Kusadvipa, which is 800,000 yojanas (6,400,000 miles) wide, twice as wide as the ocean of liquor. As Salmalidvipa is surrounded by a liquor ocean, Kusadvipa is surrounded by an ocean of liquid ghee as broad as the island itself. On Kusadvipa there are clumps of kusa grass, from which the island takes its name. This kusa grass, which was created by the demigods by the will of the Supreme Lord, appears like a second form of fire, but with very mild and pleasing flames. Its young shoots illuminate all directions.