Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 Chapter 2 Verse 1

Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.2.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

āsīd girivaro rājaḿs

trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ

kṣīrodenāvṛtaḥ śrīmān

yojanāyutam ucchritaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; āsīt — there was; girivaraḥ — a very big mountain; rājan — O King; tri-kūṭaḥ — Trikūṭa; iti — thus; viśrutaḥ — celebrated; kṣīra-udena — by the ocean of milk; āvṛtaḥ — surrounded; śrīmān — very beautiful; yojana — a measurement of eight miles; ayutam — ten thousand; ucchritaḥ — very high.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called Trikūṭa. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the ocean of milk, it is very beautifully situated.

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