SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 5

(1) S'rî S'uka said: 'Next I shall describe the subsections, dimensions, characteristics and form of the dvîpa ['separated area' like continent and island or also belt] named Plaksha and the others [see 5.1: 32]. (2) The way Mount Meru is surrounded by the dvîpa of Jambû is it itself [seen from the inside] surrounded by a salty ocean that is just as wide. Beyond that is it, like a moat outside a park, surrounded by the dvîpa of Plaksha that, named after a plaksha tree as tall as a jambû, is stretching twice as wide. At that tree, rising magnificently splendorous, there is a fire found counting seven flames. The master of that dvîpa is the son of Priyavrata named Idhmajihva, who divided his own dvîpa into seven varshas [lands] whom he named after his seven sons when he himself retired for the yoga of self-realization. (3-4) S'iva, Yavasa, Subhadra, S'ânta, Kshema, Amrita and Abhaya, are thus the varshas to the different rivers and mountains. The seven mountain ranges marking the varshas are known as Manikûtha, Vajrakûtha, Indrasena, Jyotishmân, Suparna, Hiranyashthhîva and Meghamâla. The Arunâ, Nrimnâ, Ângirasî, Sâvitrî, Suptabhâtâ, Ritambharâ and the Satyambharâ are likewise the main rivers. Touching their water washes away the passion and darkness of the four types of men there called the Hamsas, Patangas, Ûrdhvâyanas and Satyângas [the swanlike, the rulers, the ambitious, and the faithful; other names for the varnas or vocations]. For a thousand years they live there like gods with most beautiful bodies, having children and performing vedic rituals at the gate to heaven, glorifying the Supreme Lord as the Supersoul of the sun-god by hymn, sacrifice and song: (5) 'Let us seek shelter with Lord Vishnu, the Soul of all souls who is the most authentic form of the Absolute Truth, of the religion, of Brahman, of the nectar [of eternal life] and of death, as well as of Sûrya, the God of the Sun.'

(6) From Plaksha on are on the five dvîpas the people existing there without exception born with the perfections of a long life, good sense, bodily and mental fortitude, physical power, intelligence and bravery. (7) Surrounded by an ocean of sugarcane juice measuring as wide, is there beyond Plakshadvîpa another dvîpa known as S'âlmala, that, being equally wide, is twice as big and is surrounded by an ocean of liquor [or wine; surâ, see footnote]. (8) That dvîpa has its name from a s'âlmalî tree as big as the plaksha tree and in it has, so one says, Garuda the carrier bird of vedic prayers unto Lord Vishnu, his residence. (9) The master of that dvîpa is the son of Priyavrata called Yajñabâhu. He divided it into seven varshas according the seven names of his sons: Surocana, Saumanasya, Ramanaka, Deva-varsha, Pâribhadra, Âpyâyana and Avijñâta. (10) The seven mountains and main-rivers there are known to be the Svarasa, S'ata-s'ringa, Vâmadeva, Kunda, Mukunda, Pushpa-varsha and the Sahasra-s'ruti mountains, and the river Anumati, Sinîvâlî, Sarasvatî, Kuhû, Rajanî, Nandâ and Râkâ.

(11) The people living in those varshas are known as the S'rutadharas, Vîryadharas, Vasundharas and Ishandharas [another description of the varnas meaning those who are of listening, of the heroic, of wealth, and of obedience]; fully conversant with the vedic worship they the Supreme Lord as Soma-âtmâ ['the true self of the sacrificial beverage' or the moon-god]: (12) 'By His own effulgence divides He the time into the light and dark period of the month [s'ukla and krishna]; may He, that divinity of the moon as well as of the grain to be distributed to the forefathers and the gods, that King of All People, remain favorable towards us.'

(13) Following outside of that ocean of liquor is there equally wide and twice as big, a sea of ghee that, like with the dvîpa before, surrounds Kus'advîpa, of which the kus'a-grass created by God gave that dvîpa its name; like another kind of fire are by the effulgence of the young sprouting grass all directions illumined. (14) The master of that island, Hiranyaretâ, the son of Mahârâja Priyavrata, o King, divided his dvîpa in seven and gave them, when he withdrew himself for his penance, according to his sons, the names of Vasu,Vasudâna, Dridharuci, Nâbhigupta, Stutyavrata, Vivikta and Vâmadeva. (15) The seven mountain ranges and seven rivers of them are the Cakra, Catuh-s'ringa, Kapila, Citrakûtha, Devânîka, Ûrdhvaromâ and Dravina mountains and the rivers Ramakulyâ, Madhukulyâ, Mitravindâ, Srutavindâ, Devagarbhâ, Ghritacyutâ and Mantramâlâ. (16) By those waters do the inhabitants of Kus'advîpa called the Kus'alas, Kovidas, Abhiyuktas and Kulakas [or the grass-sitters, the experienced, the competitors and the artisans], proficient in the rituals, worship the Supreme Lord in the form of the God of Fire called Jâtaveda ['he who awards the wages']: (17) 'Of all the demigods of the Supreme Brahman who are the limbs of the Original Person are You the Granter of Wages, who is directly carrying the offerings of ghee and grains; please carry therefore the offerings by our sacrifices unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.'

(18) So is, just as Kus'advîpa is surrounded, also Krauñcadvîpa all around, outside of the ocean of ghee, surrounded by an ocean of milk [or plant-juice], evenly wide and twice as big, in which the king of the mountains named Krauñca is found that gave that dvîpa its name. (19) Although its vegetation was ruffed by the weapons of the son of S'iva [Kârttikeya], has it become fearless from always bathing in the ocean of milk and from the protection by the mighty Varuna [the demigod of the seas]. (20) Ghritaprishthha, the son of Mahârâja Priyavrata, ruler on that dvîpa gave the divisions of his own land in seven varshas the names of his sons, who were all as powerful as he was, and appointed each of them as the master of the varsha. Next took he himself shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Hari, the soul of all souls whose glories are so auspicious. (21) Âma, Madhuruha, Meghaprishthha, Sudhâmâ, Bhrâjishthha, Lohitârna and Vanaspati were the sons of Ghritaprishthha and the seven mountain ranges and seven rivers were celebrated as the S'ukla and Vardhamâna, Bhojana, Upabarhina, Nanda, Nandana and Sarvatobhadra mountains and the river the Abhayâ, Amritaughâ, Âryakâ, Tîrthavatî, Rûpavatî, Pavitravatî and the S'uklâ. (22) Sanctified by using the pellucid waters of all those rivers do the inhabitants of those varshas called the Purushas, the Rishabas, the Dravinas and the Devakas [or the authentic, the superior, the wealthy, and the sporting ones], worship with folded palms full of water, God in the form of water: (23) 'O water, might of the Original Personality, you sanctify the earth, its life, its paradise; may our touching of that what by its nature destroys the spirit of evil, purify our bodies.'

(24) Consequently is, situated beyond the ocean of milk, found the dvîpa of S'âka measuring a 3.2 million yojanas as long as it is wide; it is surrounded by an ocean of whey and it owes its name to an indeed very fragrant fig tree which makes the whole dvîpa smell aromatic. (25) The ruler there, another son of Priyavrata named Medhâtithi also divided the dvîpa in seven varshas to the names of his seven sons Purojava, Manojava, Pavamâna, Dhûmrânîka, Citrarepha, Bahurûpa and Vis'vadhâra, who he appointed there to be their rulers. After doing so entered he the forest of penance, with his mind absorbed in the unlimited of the Supreme Lord. (26) The mountains and rivers forming the borders of the varshas are the Îs'âna, Urus'ringa, Balabhadra, S'atakesara, Sahasra-srota, Devapâla and Mahânasa mountains and the rivers the Anaghâ, Âyurdâ, Ubhayasprishthi, Aparâjitâ, Pañcapadî, Sahasra-s'ruti and the Nijadhriti. (27) The people of those varshas, the Ritavratas, the Satyavratas, the Dânavratas and the Anuvratas [the varnas of the godfearing and the ones vowed to the truth, to providing, and to following] have themselves cleansed of their passions and ignorance by the practice of regulating the breath that is ruled by the demigod Vâyu, whom they worship in transcendental absorption: (28) 'Entering all living beings are You the one Supersoul within, the Controller directly, who maintains by the functions of the inner air; please direct us, for You control the entire cosmos.'

(29) Even so is there beyond that ocean of whey another dvîpa named Pushkara that is twice as big as the one before and is outside surrounded by an ocean of sweet water in which a very big lotusflower is found with a 100 million leaves of pure gold that are like the flames of a blazing fire; that lotus is considered to be the sittingplace of the all-powerful Lord of the Lotus [Brahmâ]. (30) Within that dvîpa there is the one [mountain range] named Mânasottara marking indeed the inner and outer side of the lands there; it has, being as great as 10.000 yojanas high and wide, in its four directions the cities of the local rulers, the demigods headed by Indra. On its highest point circumambulating mount Meru moves around the chariot of the sun in an orbit that by the days and nights of the demigods consists of one whole year [a samvatsara]. (31) The ruler of that dvîpa, also a son of Priyavrata with the name Vîtihotra, appointed as their rulers and named the two varshas of it to his two sons Ramanaka and Dhâtaki, when he himself like his other brothers, factually remained in activities to satisfy the Supreme Lord. (32) The people of those lands, to their duty of ritual, worship the Supreme Lord in the form of Lord Brahmâ for the fulfillment of their desires and pray this: (33) 'The form revealing the Supreme Brahman, which is achieved by consciously dealing with the illusion [by vedic ritual] must be worshiped by a person who, full of faith, is undivided, unwavering and of peace unto Him, the Most Powerful One we thus respect.'

(34) Beyond that there is a mountain named Lokâloka which all around exists as the boundary between the places material and immaterial. (35) The earth of the land, found all between Meru and the Mânasottara range, is golden, and the rest outside is as smooth as a mirror; anything dropped there can no way be retrieved and therefore is the place shunned by all living entities. (36) The mountain Lokâloka [that is the outer shell] is established as the separation by which one speaks of the lands inhabited and the lands not inhabited. (37) That end of the three worlds, created all around of them by the Controller, extends that excessively that for the rays of all the luminaries from the sun up to the goal of liberation of Dhruva [the universal center, see 4.12: 12], there is no possibility to reach beyond. (38) The scholars investigating calculated that the locations of the planets, to the sizes of their appearances as well as to their stellar situations, cover as much as half a billion yojanas, of which this tangible world of light constitutes but one quarter [of the complete of all matter in existence; the rest being 'dark matter' one says these days].

(39) On top of that are in the four directions by the master of the universe [Brahmâ], which is the cradle of the soul, established the best of all elephants called Rishabha, Pushkaracûda, Vâmana and Aparâjita, that so take care of the stability of the different planets in the universe. (40) Of all his locally ruling, personal divinities and all the types of heroes thriving on Him, is He the Supreme Lord, the foremost and greatest personality, the great master of all grace, the Soul in the beyond, the True Self of the purest goodness characterized by religion, spiritual knowledge, detachment, all opulence and the eight great perfections [see 3.15: 45]; surrounded by expansions like Vishvaksena and decorated with His different weapons held up by His own stout arms, manifests He, for the benefit of all worlds, on that greatest of all mountains His form existing all around. (41) For the time of His creation has the Supreme Lord by His own spiritual potency thus accepted this perfected appearance, just for the purpose of maintaining that way the manifold of the various worlds of living. (42) The uninhabited nonmaterial varsha extends as far outside Lokâloka as the width found within, and that beyond is the path of the Lord of Yoga that is said to be the purest.

(43) In the center of the universe are the stars found in between heaven and earth; that globe in the middle consists of a quarter of a billion suns. (44) From having entered into the fixed of this globe at its time of creation, is he [Brahmâ] known as Mârtanda [the God of the Suns]; the designation known as Hiranyagarbha ['the gold inside' or Brahmâ] came into existence that way because that [golden luminosity] is where he received his body from. (45) From the sun-god we indeed have the divisions of the directions of the sky, the planets above and the worlds below, and also all other divisions of heavenly abodes, abodes of liberation as also of hellish places such as Atala. (46) The sun-god is the controller of all sorts of living beings, he is the life, soul and vision of the godly, the lower animals, the human beings and everything crawling and creeping, the life, soul and vision.

S'rî S'uka said: 'Next I shall describe the subsections, dimensions, characteristics and form of the dvîpa ['separated area' like continent and island or also belt] named Plaksha and the others [see 5.1: 32].

The great sage S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said: Hereafter I shall describe the dimensions, characteristics and forms of the six islands beginning with the island of Plaksha. (Vedabase)

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The way Mount Meru is surrounded by the dvîpa of Jambû is it itself [seen from the inside] surrounded by a salty ocean that is just as wide. Beyond that is it, like a moat outside a park, surrounded by the dvîpa of Plaksha that, named after a plaksha tree as tall as a jambû, is stretching twice as wide. At that tree, rising magnificently splendorous, there is a fire found counting seven flames. The master of that dvîpa is the son of Priyavrata named Idhmajihva, who divided his own dvîpa into seven varshas [lands] whom he named after his seven sons when he himself retired for the yoga of selfrealisation.

As Sumeru Mountain is surrounded by Jambûdvîpa, Jambûdvîpa is also surrounded by an ocean of salt water. The breadth of Jambûdvîpa is 100.000 yojanas [800.000 miles], and the breadth of the saltwater ocean is the same. As a moat around a fort is sometimes surrounded by gardenlike forest, the saltwater ocean surrounding Jambûdvîpa is itself surrounded by Plakshadvîpa. The breadth of Plakshadvîpa is twice that of the saltwater ocean--in other words 260.000 yojanas [1.600.000 miles]. On Plakshadvîpa there is a tree shining like gold and as tall as the jambû tree on Jambûdvîpa. At its root is a fire with seven flames. It is because this tree is a plaksha tree that the island is called Plakshadvîpa. Plakshadvîpa was governed by Idhmajihva, one of the sons of Mahârâja Priyavrata. He endowed the seven islands with the names of his seven sons, divided the islands among the sons, and then retired from active life to engage in the devotional service of the Lord. (Vedabase)

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S'iva, Yavasa, Subhadra, S'ânta, Kshema, Amrita and Abhaya, are thus the varshas to the different rivers and mountains. The seven mountain ranges marking the varshas are known as Manikûtha, Vajrakûtha, Indrasena, Jyotishmân, Suparna, Hiranyashthhîva and Meghamâla. The Arunâ, Nrimnâ, Ângirasî, Sâvitrî, Suptabhâtâ, Ritambharâ and the Satyambharâ are likewise the main rivers. Touching their water washes away the passion and darkness of the four types of men there called the Hamsas, Patangas, Ûrdhvâyanas and Satyângas [the swanlike, the rulers, the ambitious, and the faithful; other names for the varnas or vocations]. For a thousand years they live there like gods with most beautiful bodies, having children and performing vedic rituals at the gate to heaven, glorifying the Supreme Lord as the Supersoul of the sun-god by hymn, sacrifice and song:

The seven islands [varshas] are named according to the names of those seven sons--S'iva, Yavasa, Subhadra, S'ânta, Kshema, Amrita and Abhaya. In those seven tracts of land, there are seven mountains and seven rivers. The mountains are named Manikûtha, Vajrakûtha, Indrasena, Jyotishmân, Suparna, Hiranyashthhîva and Meghamâla, and the rivers are named Arunâ, Nrimnâ, Ângirasî, Sâvitrî, Suptabhâtâ, Ritambharâ and Satyambharâ. One can immediately be free from material contamination by touching or bathing in those rivers, and the four castes of people who live in Plakshadvîpa--the Hamsas, Patangas, Ûrdhvâyanas and Satyângas--purify themselves in that way. The inhabitants of Plakshadvîpa live for one thousand years. They are beautiful like the demigods, and they also beget children like the demigods. By completely performing the ritualistic ceremonies mentioned in the Vedas and by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead as represented by the sun-god, they attain the sun, which is a heavenly planet.

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'Let us seek shelter with Lord Vishnu, the Soul of all souls who is the most authentic form of the Absolute Truth, of the religion, of Brahman, of the nectar [of eternal life] and of death, as well as of Sûrya, the God of the Sun.'

[This is the mantra by which the inhabitants of Plakshadvîpa worship the Supreme Lord.] Let us take shelter of the sun-god, who is a reflection of Lord Vishnu, the all-expanding Supreme Personality of Godhead, the oldest of all persons. Vishnu is the only worshipable Lord. He is the Vedas, He is religion, and He is the origin of all auspicious and inauspicious results. (Vedabase)

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From Plaksha on are on the five dvîpas the people existing there without exception born with the perfections of a long life, good sense, bodily and mental fortitude, physical power, intelligence and bravery.

O King, longevity, sensory prowess, physical and mental strength, intelligence and bravery are naturally and equally manifested in all the inhabitants of the five islands headed by Plakshadvîpa. (Vedabase)

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Surrounded by an ocean of sugarcane juice measuring as wide, is there beyond Plakshadvîpa another dvîpa known as S'âlmala, that, being equally wide, is twice as big and is surrounded by an ocean of liquor [or wine; surâ, see footnote].

Plakshadvîpa is surrounded by an ocean of sugarcane juice, equal in breadth to the island itself. Similarly, there is then another island--Salmalîdvîpa--twice as broad as Plakshadvîpa [400.000 yojanas, or 3.200.000 miles] and surrounded by an equally broad body of water called Surâsâgara, the ocean that tastes like liquor. (Vedabase)

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That dvîpa has its name from a s'âlmalî tree as big as the plaksha tree and in it has, so one says, Garuda the carrier bird of vedic prayers unto Lord Vishnu, his residence.

On Salmalîdvîpa there is a s'âlmalî tree, from which the island takes its name. That tree is as broad and tall as the plaksha tree--in other words 100 yojanas [800 miles] broad and 1.100 yojanas [8.800 miles] tall. Learned scholars say that this gigantic tree is the residence of Garuda, the king of all birds and carrier of Lord Vishnu. In that tree, Garuda offers Lord Vishnu his Vedic prayers. (Vedabase)

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The master of that dvîpa is the son of Priyavrata called Yajñabâhu. He divided it into seven varshas according the seven names of his sons: Surocana, Saumanasya, Ramanaka, Deva-varsha, Pâribhadra, Âpyâyana and Avijñâta.

The son of Mahârâja Priyavrata named Yajñabâhu, the master of Salmalîdvîpa, divided the island into seven tracts of land, which he gave to his seven sons. The names of those divisions, which correspond to the names of the sons, are Surocana, Saumanasya, Ramanaka, Deva-varsha, Pâribhadra, Âpyâyana and Avijñâta. (Vedabase)

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The seven mountains and main-rivers there are known to be the Svarasa, S'ata-s'ringa, Vâmadeva, Kunda, Mukunda, Pushpa-varsha and the Sahasra-s'ruti mountains, and the river Anumati, Sinîvâlî, Sarasvatî, Kuhû, Rajanî, Nandâ and Râkâ.

In those tracts of land there are seven mountains--Svarasa, S'ata-s'ringa, Vâmadeva, Kunda, Mukunda, Pushpa-varsha and Sahasra-s'ruti. There are also seven rivers--Anumati, Sinîvâlî, Sarasvatî, Kuhû, Rajanî, Nandâ and Râkâ. They are still existing. (Vedabase)

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The people living in those varshas are known as the S'rutadharas, Vîryadharas, Vasundharas and Ishandharas [another description of the varnas meaning those who are of listening, of the heroic, of wealth, and of obedience]; fully conversant with the vedic worship they the Supreme Lord as Soma-âtmâ ['the true self of the sacrificial beverage' or the moon-god]:

Strictly following the cult of varnâs'rama-dharma, the inhabitants of those islands, who are known as S'rutidharas, Vîryadharas, Vasundharas and Ishandharas, all worship the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead named Soma, the moon-god. (Vedabase)

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'By His own effulgence divides He the time into the light and dark period of the month [s'ukla and krishna]; may He, that divinity of the moon as well as of the grain to be distributed to the forefathers and the gods, that King of All People, remain favorable towards us.'

[The inhabitants of S'âlmalîdvîpa worship the demigod of the moon in the following words.] By his own rays, the moon-god has divided the month into two fortnights, known as s'ukla and krishna, for the distribution of food grains to the pitâs and the demigods. The demigod of the moon is he who divides time, and he is the king of all the residents of the universe. We therefore pray that he may remain our king and guide, and we offer him our respectful obeisances. (Vedabase)

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Following outside of that ocean of liquor is there equally wide and twice as big, a sea of ghee that, like with the dvîpa before, surrounds Kus'advîpa, of which the kus'a-grass created by God gave that dvîpa its name; like another kind of fire are by the effulgence of the young sprouting grass all directions illumined.

Outside the ocean of liquor is another island, known as Kus'advîpa, which is 800.000 yojanas [6.400.000 miles] wide, twice as wide as the ocean of liquor. As S'âlmalîdvîpa is surrounded by a liquor ocean, Kus'advîpa is surrounded by an ocean of liquid ghee as broad as the island itself. On Kus'advîpa there are clumps of kus'a grass, from which the island takes its name. This kus'a 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. (Vedabase)

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The master of that island, Hiranyaretâ, the son of Mahârâja Priyavrata, o King, divided his dvîpa in seven and gave them, when he withdrew himself for his penance, according to his sons, the names of Vasu,Vasudâna, Dridharuci, Nâbhigupta, Stutyavrata, Vivikta and Vâmadeva.

O King, another son of Mahârâja Priyavrata, Hiranyaretâ, was the king of this island. He divided it into seven parts, which he delivered to his seven sons according to the rights of inheritance. The King then retired from family life to engage in austerities. The names of those sons are Vasu, Vasudâna, Dridharuci, Stutyavrata, Nâbhigupta, Vivikta and Vâmadeva. (Vedabase)

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The seven mountain ranges and seven rivers of them are the Cakra, Catuh-s'ringa, Kapila, Citrakûtha, Devânîka, Ûrdhvaromâ and Dravina mountains and the rivers Ramakulyâ, Madhukulyâ, Mitravindâ, Srutavindâ, Devagarbhâ, Ghritacyutâ and Mantramâlâ.

In those seven islands there are seven boundary mountains, known as Cakra, Catuh-s'ringa, Kapila, Citrakûtha, Devânîka, Ûrdhvaromâ and Dravina. There are also seven rivers, known as Ramakulyâ, Madhukulyâ, Mitravindâ, Srutavindâ, Devagarbhâ, Ghritacyutâ and Mantramâlâ. (Vedabase)

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By those waters do the inhabitants of Kus'advîpa called the Kus'alas, Kovidas, Abhiyuktas and Kulakas [or the grass-sitters, the experienced, the competitors and the artisans], proficient in the rituals, worship the Supreme Lord in the form of the God of Fire called Jâtaveda ['he who awards the wages']:

The inhabitants of the island of Kus'advîpa are celebrated as the Kus'alas, Kovidas, Abhiyuktas and Kulakas. They are like the brâhmanas, kshatriyas, vais'yas and s'ûdras respectively. By bathing in the waters of those rivers, they all become purified. They are expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies according to the orders of the Vedic scriptures. Thus they worship the Lord in His aspect as the demigod of fire. (Vedabase)

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'Of all the demigods of the Supreme Brahman who are the limbs of the Original Person are You the Granter of Wages, who is directly carrying the offerings of ghee and grains; please carry therefore the offerings by our sacrifices unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.'

[This is the mantra by which the inhabitants of Kus'advîpa worship the fire-god.] O fire-god, you are a part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and you carry to Him all the offerings of sacrifices. Therefore we request you to offer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead the yajñic ingredients we are offering the demigods, for the Lord is the real enjoyer. (Vedabase)

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So is, just as Kus'advîpa is surrounded, also all around, Krauñcadvîpa outside of the ocean of ghee, surrounded by an ocean of milk [or plant-juice], evenly wide and twice as big, in which the king of the mountains named Krauñca is found that gave that dvîpa its name.

Outside the ocean of clarified butter is another island, known as Krauñcadvîpa, which has a width of 1,600,000 yojanas [12,800,000 miles], twice the width of the ocean of clarified butter. As Kus'advîpa is surrounded by an ocean of clarified butter, Krauñcadvîpa is surrounded by an ocean of milk as broad as the island itself. On Krauñcadvîpa there is a great mountain known as Krauñca, from which the island takes its name. (Vedabase)

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Although its vegetation was ruffed by the weapons of the son of S'iva [Kârttikeya], has it become fearless from always bathing in the ocean of milk and from the protection by the mighty Varuna [the demigod of the seas].

Although the vegetables living on the slopes of Mount Krauñca were attacked and devastated by the weapons of Kârttikeya, the mountain has become fearless because it is always bathed on all sides by the ocean of milk and protected by Varunadeva. (Vedabase)